Hentoff: Kerry in War Record Cover-up

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[jbwbubba]

Monday, Aug. 23, 2004 12:39 a.m. EDT Hentoff: Kerry in War Record Cover-up

Longtime civil libertarian and columnist for the left-wing Village Voice, Nat Hentoff charged Sunday that the Kerry campaign is engaged in a transparent cover-up of the Massachusetts Democrat's war record and an attempt to muzzle freedom of speech.

In an interview with WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg, Hentoff noted that the Pentagon has responded to a Washington Post Freedom of Information Act request for Kerry's full military file by turning over just six pages of their 100-plus page Kerry dossier, with a spokesman explaining that Kerry himself wouldn't authorized the release of the full file. Kerry has also refused to turn over diaries that the candidate kept during his Vietnam service, with the campaign insisting that an exclusive agreement with Kerry biographer Douglas Brinkley for his 2003 book "Tour of Duty" prevents any further disclosure.

But Hentoff said he wasn't buying that excuse, telling Malzberg, "I have done biographies of John Cardinal O'Connor and A.J. Muste and I've never heard of that kind of agreement."

"The question is, what is Kerry trying to hide?" said the Village Voice writer. "He claims he's interested in the truth. If he's interested in the truth, then release the records."

Hentoff said he's astounded at the media's response to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, whose eyewitness accounts have catapulted the issue of Kerry's war record to the top of the campaign agenda.

"I can't recall ever seeing such distortion of the motivations and the witnessing of these more than 200 Vietnam veterans," he complained.

Of Kerry's efforts to muzzle the Swiftvets by threatening lawsuits against TV stations who carry their ads, Hentoff said, "This tells you something about how a President Kerry is going to handle dissent."

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[Darksheare]

Of Kerry's efforts to muzzle the Swiftvets by threatening lawsuits against TV stations who carry their ads, Hentoff said, "This tells you something about how a President Kerry is going to handle dissent."


THAT says it all.

[Conservative_boy_in_Bangkok]

Another lib. Organization turns on Kerry? whats up?

[megatherium]

Kerry's done. You can put a fork in him.

[mlbford2]

Hillary's Reichstadt is now engaged.

[loboinok]

It's just gettin better and better! Couple more weeks and sKerry will wish he had saved one of those grenades.

[L.N. Smithee]

Nat Hentoff is the kind of liberal I would be proud to call a friend.

[WVNan]

Wow! Whazzup? Is this a lib hit on Kerry? If so, he's in deep manure. (hi darks)

[misterrob]

Interesting thing is that conservatives are civil libertarians in many cases. We believe in the rights set forth by the constitution. We believe in free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to judicial process and that the government not infringe upon them.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It scares them to death that ANYONE would try to use the power of the government to try to shut ANYONE up just because they put out a damaging message. That is one genie they aren't ready to let out of the bottle.

[IamConservative]

Can one win with the vast left and right wing conspiracies aligned against you?

[Republic Rocker]

i lived in NYC for 9 years...If the VOICE is calling out Kerry it is OVER!

[dwaynestomp]

I used to read Nat Hentoff every Saturday in the Washington Post which used to carry his column. Unfortunately, Mr. Hentoff, despite his mostly liberal point of view, is pro-life, and I think that's why the WP stopped carrying his column. He has always been a strong defender of freedom of speech.

[Husker8877]

"...sKerry will wish he had saved one of those grenades."

If he doesn't have one handy, I'm sure Hillary has a spare one he can borrow!

[justshutupandtakeit]

And we could profit from his encyclopedic knowledge of jazz.
He is one of the few liberals I would LIKE to talk to.

[Go Gordon]

Of Kerry's efforts to muzzle the Swiftvets by threatening lawsuits against TV stations who carry their ads, Hentoff said, "This tells you something about how a President Kerry is going to handle dissent."

Exactly! Can you imagine Kerry with the powers of the Patriot Act? No disenter would be safe.

[eyespysomething]

Nat Hentoff is the kind of liberal I would be proud to call a friend.

That's because he's a civil libertarian. You know, as some around here call them, loserdopians.

[CaptRon]

I heard this interview. Hentoff was mocking Kerry about the Brinkley thing. In fact, the interview was pretty devastating. Hentoff is no lightweight.

[stockpirate]

Sounds to me as if John Kerry's Swift Boat to the WH is starting to spring big leaks.

[No_Outcome_But_Victory]

KristallNacht begins for Kerry. The night of the long knives of Hitlary has arrived. Muhahahahahaha....

[Aquinasfan]

Kerry himself wouldn't authorized the release of the full file.

Left wing integrity bump

[Darksheare]

Lib hit on Kerry or not, it's hysterical.
What's even better, just run his own words of April 23 1971 against him:
[John Kerry testifying] From page 188 of the hearing record: "I realize that even my visits in Paris . . . in a sense are on the borderline of private individuals negotiating, et cetera. I understand these things."

18 U.S.C. Section 953 says the above is a felony.
He's also, thence being a felon, barred from the office of President.
And that's putting this lightly.
Since he was Navy Reserve's version of IRR at the time of visiting Paris, he was in violation of military uniform code and thus committing treason.
Either way you look at it, he's toast if the info gets legs.

[Republican Red]

Wow!

The Village Voice holds Michael Moore as a hero. This is one of those stories you read and then look out the window to see the pigs flying by.


ABC's THe Note also had this

—If John Kerry can't build a campaign organization that can de-fang 250 guys spending a million bucks, how good a president could he possibly be?

[Squantos]

Agree.....Clintonista's at work. When Kerry loses they will blame the GOP of course.....:o)

[mrustow]

Nat Hentoff is the kind of liberal I would be proud to call a friend.

He still alive?

[Salvation]

The left?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Longtime civil libertarian and columnist for the left-wing Village Voice, Nat Hentoff charged Sunday that the Kerry campaign is engaged in a transparent cover-up of the Massachusetts Democrat's war record and an attempt to muzzle freedom of speech.

BTTT

[Talking_Mouse]

bttt

[rudypoot]

Et tu, Hillare?

[backinthefold]

to be yelled from the rooftops...

 

Of Kerry's efforts to muzzle the Swiftvets by threatening lawsuits against TV stations who carry their ads, Hentoff said, "This tells you something about how a President Kerry is going to handle dissent."

[Belisaurius]

Pentagon has responded to a Washington Post Freedom of Information Act request for Kerry's full military file by turning over just six pages of their 100-plus page Kerry dossier, with a spokesman explaining that Kerry himself wouldn't authorized the release of the full file.

sounds like the WaPo has grounds to file a FOI suit rather then a request at this point. They did try to get his record. Give them credit. The WaPo still has some shred of dignity left.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

My Favorite post for dims and trolls
who slither in here each day.
And the Lame Stream media
who find the real news on Free Republic,
then rewrite and spin the truth.

ATTN : ABC CBS CNN FOX NBC
William B. Rood was not actually ON Kerry's boat.

Exposing Kerry's Vietnam "record"
WITHOUT
mention of Swift Boat Vets Thread

Mommy Heinz!
Help!

Look what the Washington Post said on 8/21/04

"Although Kerry campaign officials insist that they have published Kerry's full military records on their Web site (with the exception of medical records shown briefly to reporters earlier this year), they have not permitted independent access to his original Navy records. A Freedom of Information Act request by The Post for Kerry's records produced six pages of information. A spokesman for the Navy Personnel Command, Mike McClellan, said he was not authorized to release the full file, which consists of at least a hundred pages. "

Look! What the Harvard Crimson wrote about me in 1970

Published on Wednesday, February 18, 1970
John Kerry: A Navy Dove Runs for Congress
By SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER
Crimson Staff Writer

"...One time Kerry was ordered to destroy a Viet Cong village
but disobeyed orders and suggested that the Navy Command
simply send in a Psychological Warfare team to be
friend the villagers with food, hospital supplies,
and better educational facilities."


Now my shipmates on the
USS GRIDLEY CG-21
are attacking me.

Click Here Mommy
and see what
the USS GRIDLEY crew say.

They say I told lies in Tour of Duty
GRIDLEY CREW ARE LIKE
SWIFT BOAT VETS MEANIES!

Mommy : People can get
MY real book here, right now, online FREE!!
I'm so proud of it!
The New Soldier,
By John Kerry
and Vietnam Veterans
Against the War


Mommy : Please don't be mad
about my hero Al Hubbard.

Head of Kerry's Vietnam Vets Against the War was Vietnam Vet phony
"Many of the stories were later shown to be fictional. Other so-called Vietnam veterans, such as the executive secretary of VVAW, Al Hubbard, a self-styled poet ("See what you've become, Amerika," ends one of his Vietnam odes),
turned out to have no record of service in Vietnam."


Mommy : Why does McCain
still campaign with Bush?
Mommy : Why doesn't Al Gore defend me?
He is a Vietnam Vet.

Mommy : Did Hillary
"leak" FBI Files on me?
I even used her famous slogan?

"Kerry entered and abandoned Vietnamese village and slaughtered domestic animals
owned by the civilians and burned down their homes with his Zippo lighter."



It only takes one idiot to raze a village!
(My original response!)

Mommy : Where is Ted Kennedy?

[Darksheare]

Gotta love this stuff!

[SF Republican]

Hillary's Reichstadt is now engaged Will we be shocked, shocked I ask you when we read of Kerrys arkanside?

[twigs]

Hentioff may be a lib, but he's an honest one. I like to read his work because I respect him. I many times don't agree with him, but he argues honestly. No cool-aid drinker he! Good for him.

[astounded]

More like an updated Project Phoenix, overseen by Hillary...

[Chieftain]

This is the BEST "Bang for your political buck" - EVER!

Click the logo to donate to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

[headsonpikes]

Bump!

[meatloaf]

It's called eating your own.

[DoctorZIn]

This article has been posted to DoctorZin’s New News Blog!

[christie]

Hillary's Reichstadt is now engaged.

.

"I said I wouldn't run, and I really mean it.
I'm not going to run."

Hillary Rodham Clinton
(cnn.com)

Click here to check out my web site dedicated to exposing Hillary.

[Barnstormer]

Yep, there are a lot of folks around that are convinced in their minds that Hillary has called her lib media contacts and given them "Weapons Free" clearance to engage and open fire on Kerry? Have you also noticed that since this has graduated from a blogosphere debate and worked its way into the MSM --- the coverage is gradually turning far less favorable for Kerry?

Almost like an unseen hand turning up the heat under a pot of water on the stove? Is it Kerry soup yet?

[SuziQ]

Way to go, Nat!

[talleyman]

"This tells you something about how a President Kerry is going to handle dissent."

Say it again - and again - and again...

[backhoe]

To read the latest on the Franchurian Candidate's bizzare exploits, click the picture, goto "last," and work backwards:

If you would like to help the Swift Boat Vets ( as I have, and I urge all to do-- even a few dollars will help ) kindly click on this logo:

If, perchance, the top "click the pic" link is not visible, click here:

-John Kerry- some selected, informative links...--

To read the latest on the Franchurian Candidate's bizzare exploits, click the picture, goto "last," and work backwards:

If you would like to help the Swift Boat Vets ( as I have, and I urge all to do-- even a few dollars will help ) kindly click on this logo:

[Condor51]

and Kerry will wish he had saved one of those grenades.

With all due respect, with Kerry being a sailor, I'm not sure he'd have been issued any grenades, or even trained with them in boot camp.

Now Max Cleland -- there's a guy that knows about grenades!

[Big Digger]

Nat Hentoff is a liberal who also happens to have integrity. He's been around the block a few times, and knows when he's being scammed, by phonies of any calling. Some of the younger "intelligentsia" of the fourth estate who aspire to being journalists someday might try to learn from him.

[Ann Archy]

RELEASE ALL THE RECORDS, Sen. KERRY!!!!

[Ann Archy]

RELEASE ALL THE RECORDS, Sen. KERRY!!!!

[Graymatter]

This is bizarre. Right now, all the liberals have are the courts and the media. If they use the courts to suppress a publication, they're likely to lose the favor of the media.

You would think a fellow famed for his nuance capacity would know better. I guess we have misoverestimated him.