unless the Texas Air AND Army Guard SHARE the same base... WHAT was he doing on an Air Guard base???
Posted on 09/15/2004 7:46:31 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Documents allegedly written by a deceased officer that raised questions about President Bush's service with the Texas Air National Guard bore markings showing they had been faxed to CBS News from a Kinko's copy shop in Abilene, Tex., according to another former Guard officer who was shown the records by the network.
The markings provide one piece of evidence suggesting a source for the documents, whose authenticity has been hotly disputed since CBS aired them in a "60 Minutes" broadcast Sept. 8. The network has declined to name the person who provided them, saying the source was confidential, or to explain how the documents came to light after more than three decades.
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There is only one Kinko's in Abilene, and it is 21 miles from the Baird, Tex., home of retired Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, who has been named by several news outlets as a possible source for the documents.
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Strong didn't comment on that by accident. It's clear Burkitt is being set up as the fall guy here.
WHOA!
The WP already has the story.
Mr. CBS is drowning.
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Give it up Billy. You're busted.
And your lawyer...David Van Os...who is a democratic candidate for the Texas Supreme Court....well...its only a matter of time before they figure out you two coordinated with the Democratic party.
And that will down two guys running for office.
No so fast.........Ben Barnes lives REAL near Abilene.
If this is Burkitt, what are the chances this may immediately become a criminal matter?
It's either fraud or theft of government property.
Where at? I know he once had a place near Austin...and then moved to some place like Main.
In a related development, White House press secretary Scott McClellan hinted that more documents regarding Bush's National Guard service may soon be released. Asked whether officials in the White House have seen unreleased documents, McClellan called that "a very real possibility." Other officials with knowledge of the situation said more documents had indeed been uncovered and would be released in the coming days.Now THERE's a teaser final paragraph!
Baird or Brownwood.
Yes, that's a teaser alright. Hope they are supportive of the President's service.
Besides, it's a conspiracy and they're in it together.
And that includes CBS.
I mentioned this in the other thread. Burkitt was in the Texas Army National Guard. The memos were written in what Knox said sounded "army". CBS said the documents came from a "former military officer". Burkitt was an officer.
Damnit! you beat me on the post L0L
It may or may not be Barnes. But it's really clear CBS wants us to think it's Burkitt -- remember, they said it was from a retired officer in the military.
Of course they'll be supportive of GWB's service.
Goodness, you don't believe the spin do you?
He did serve and he didn't break the rules and he was honorably discharged.
burkett is sweating about now
It appears this might even implicate USA Today because they too refuse to disclose who their source was. Maybe they can get a person at the Kinkos from where this "memo" was faxed. He wouldn't be obliged to keep silent, unless, of course he was a "Fairy Kerry" supporter.
About time I beat someone to it.........LOL
As I posted on another thread, the Brownwood paper in a very recent article describes barnes as a "former resident" of that town.
Shermy, look at this article I found today:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1129353/posts
****BREAKING****SOURCE: BILL BURKETT USES ABILENE KINKOS
WMCA-NY ^ | 9.15.2004
Posted on 09/15/2004 9:47:54 PM CDT by KMC1
~10:41pm~ EST JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH ABILENE KINKOS: Bill Burkett has a standing account with the Kinkos in Abilene Texas,
and while the lady who answered the phone would not be more specific she did say Burkett was in there last week - she waited on him on last (a week ago) Tuesday....
(Excerpt) Read more at kmclive.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1217366/posts
Howlin,
Look at this.
http://www.vanosforsupremecourt.com/
David Van Os was the name of the guy that was listed as Burkett's lawyer in the NY Times piece that mentioned Knox.
LOOK AT THIS FROM HIS BIOGRAPHY PAGE.....Seems like the DNC might have been playing games here. HE WAS A GORE CHAD LAWYER
Political & Community Activities, Positions, & Honors
Ø Life Member, NAACP
Ø 1985-1995 – Member, Board of Directors, Texas Equal Access to
Justice Foundation, by appointment of Texas Supreme Court
Ø 1990 – President’s Citation for Achievement in Civil Rights, Austin NAACP
Ø 1990 – Civil Libertarian of the Year Award, Central Texas Chapter, ACLU
Ø 2002 – Texas Women’s Political Caucus “Good Guy” Award
Ø Attended every Texas Democratic State Convention since 1974
Ø Block-walked for Democratic Party general election tickets in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
Ø President, Northeast Austin Democrats, 1978-1980
Ø Democratic Precinct Chairman, Travis County, 1981-88
Ø Travis County Democratic Party Chairman, 1996-98
Ø Ran in statewide General Election as Democrat for Texas Supreme Court, 1998
Ø 2000-2003 – Chairman, North East Bexar County Democrats
Ø 2001-03 – Democratic Precinct Chairman, Bexar County
Ø Represented Austin NAACP in federal voting rights suit over Austin City Council elections
Ø Represented LULAC in federal voting rights suit over Austin School Board elections
Ø Represented Central Texas ACLU in federal suit over re-segregation of Austin AISD elementary schools
Ø Traveled to Palm Beach, Florida, November-December 2000, to assist Democratic Party in vote recount efforts
Isn't this the guy you all were after??????
I clicked your link and read the first few sentences but didn't read replies so don't know if you noticed---that article is from the very day the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth held their first press conference. May 4, 2004.
Most Kinkos I have seen have computers and printers right in there for customer use...
Think maybe he fabricated them right there on the spot, printed them... copied them a few times, then faxed them?
Is there any way we can get those computers impounded? A careful examination of the hard drives might result in some interesting clues.
I didn't make that connection.
What I was reading was the general tone......it almost laid the groundwork for the memos.......you know, ask some question and -- bingo -- we have a memo!
I remember his name .. but who knows anymore which thread it was brought up on ..
Yep...Friends of CBS bailing them out with a fall guy. Just how did they "trace it"???
unless the Texas Air AND Army Guard SHARE the same base... WHAT was he doing on an Air Guard base???
Yes.
Sockmonkey was interested as well.
He found the Van Os campaign site.
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Guess who showed up at a Abilene Kinkos?
David VanOs can be far behind in this little scam.
So Dan Rather actually believed that Bill Burkette found these documents in the trash can back in 1997 and have been saving them for 7 years? He's not that dumb is he?
Whats the last paragraph about? McClellan says more docs to be released?????
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1216303/posts
This is the thread.
The noose tightens. And the Washington Post is right down in the trenches with the pajama journalists. Who'd a thunk it?
Ping!
When they say NEW DOC or MORE DOCS were we not already told GW had put up EVERYTHING?
LOL Yes! Perhaps the President can find an old unfinished assignnment or two from elementary school and "level" with the American people. "Yes, I did not finish my spelling asignment." ROTFLOL That would be so funny. Too bad that being president cuts down on ones latitiude to tell jokes ;)
Any thoughts about this little teaser?
My suspicion is that these documents will either be 'good' for Bush or won't shed any new light on things. Why? Because W has started to go on the offensive on this issue - at least via surrogates.
By the way, anyone who says the WH has control over these documents has their head up their asses. The document centers are staffed by career civil servants, who are usually left-leaning Democrats.
They've buried the story on A6! Shouldn't this be frontpage ABOVE the fold?
I bet he takes a few down with him. This is wire fraud with malice for starters.
I think the charge that Bush was smacked down because he refused an order to take a physical, or evaded service and was smacked down for that reason, is a rather weak charge, and team Bush may have the goods to smack that down. Just a guess. THere really is no way to address the charge that the brass gave Bush a pass. Indeed, they may have well done so. It won't be the first time or the last, for the politically connected. The brass are very sensitive and skilled about currying favors with the connected.
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