Posted on 09/21/2004 11:37:50 AM PDT by hobson
| Date of Event or Article | Individuals | Links and Sources | Quotes and Comments |
| 09/20/2004 | Joe Lockhart | The Kerry Spot on National Review Online Kerry Aide Talked to Retired Guard Officer |
"So what's going on here? Okay, according to what's being pieced together, Burkett wanted to play Kerry campaign strategist, and to get the bigwigs at the Kerry campaign to use his memos that he, apparently, thought would be convincing. Mapes (presuming this female producer Lockhart is talking about is Mapes) wanted the memos. Burkett offers to trade the memos for an introduction to the Kerry campaign. Mapes calls the Kerry camp and eventually reaches Lockhart. Lockhart agrees to the favor, since when a "60 Minutes" producer asks you for a favor, you do it. (Building good relations with the press and all that.) Lockhart talks with Burkett... " "Lockhart said Mapes asked him the weekend before the story broke to call Burkett. ... Mapes told him there were some records "that might move the story forward. She didn't tell me what they said."" |
| 09/20/2004 | Kerry Campaign | Fox News - Carl Cameron | Carl Cameron that Kerry was pushing this 60 Minutes piece as a "must see" to his traveling press. |
| 09/17/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com Number 14 | "But since I've been in the eye of this storm since June of 1997, let me just say that probably the most complete information came first from Martin Heldt, and lately from Paul Lukusiak and you can find their website information by Googling their names. Bob Fertik at Democrats.com has most of this posted on his website." |
| 09/09/2004 | Tom Harkins | Valid Questions or 'Character Assassination'? | "So when George Bush, in the Oval Office earlier this year, said 'I did my duty,' I'm sorry, we now know he didn't do his duty," said Harkin, who told reporters Thursday that Bush "lied to the American people." |
| 09/08/2004 | Boston Globle | Here Is Why The Boston Globe Guard Piece is a Smear | Immediately following Dan Rather's interview the Boston Globe Original Boston Globe article, "BID CITED TO BOOST BUSH IN GUARD", is not available. |
| 09/08/2004 | Ben Barnes | Dan Rather interview | Tells Dan Rather he recommended George W. Bush for TANG. Vice Chair of Texas Kerry Campaign 30 year friendship with Dan Rather Nantucket neighbor of John Kerry |
| 09/08/2004 | Kerry Campaign | Dems take chance with 'Fortunate Son' slam | "Seizing on 30-year-old memos and memories, Sen. John Kerry's operatives are painting an unflattering portrait of President Bush as the "fortunate son" who used family connections to dodge the Vietnam War and then lied about it." |
| 09/08/2004 | Dan Rather | CBS News: A Source of Contention | "Burkett told a visitor that after the story ran, Rather phoned him and expressed his and the network's "full support."" |
| 09/05/2004 | Dan Rather | In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries | "Rather was in Florida, so CBS chartered a plane to get him to Austin. On Sunday, Sept. 5, he and Mapes interviewed Robert Strong" |
| 09/05/2004 | Robert Strong | CBS Guard Documents Traced to Tex. Kinko's | "Robert Strong, who was one of three people interviewed by "60 Minutes," said he was shown copies of the documents by CBS anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes on Sept. 5, three days before the broadcast. He said at least one of the documents bore the faxed header "Kinko's Abilene."" |
| 09/05/2004 | Dan Rather | In Rush to Air, BS Quashed Memo Worries | Rather was in Florida, so CBS chartered a plane to get him to Austin. On Sunday, Sept. 5, he and Mapes interviewed Robert Strong |
| 09/05/2004 * | Bill Burkett | CBS News: A Source of Contention | Three days before the broadcast, Burkett e-mailed a friend that there was "a real heavy situation regarding Bush's records" about to break. "He was having a lot of fun with this," said the friend, Dennis Adams. Burkett told a visitor that after the story ran, Rather phoned him and expressed his and the network's "full support. |
| 09/04/2004 | Bill Burkett | Parallels Drawn Between CBS Memos, Texan's Postings | "hinted knowledge of explosive detail" (yahoo group) |
| 09/03/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com Number 2 | "I would strongly suggest that there be an IMMEDIATE message campaign begun. " |
| 09/03/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com Number 12 | I spent some time on the phone with the Kerry campaign seniors yesterday after having to threaten to whip a little ass in order to get through seven layers of bureaucratic kids trying to get a job after the election. I talked with Max Clelend. |
| 09/03/2004 | Mary Mapes | In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries | "Pay Dirt" "her source had given her the documents" She tells Josh Howard she has the memos in hand In an interview with Talon News, Don Mapes said his suspicion was because that he believed, "Dan Rather and she have been working on this ever since Bush was elected." |
| 09/02/2004 | Dan Rather | In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries | "During the Republican National Convention in New York, Rather got a call from Ben Barnes , a onetime Texas lieutenant governor and veteran Democrat who has known the anchor, a former Houston TV reporter, for 30 years. Barnes said he was ready to say before the cameras that he had pulled strings to get Bush a coveted slot in the Texas Guard in 1968. Mapes had long been urging Barnes to tell his story." |
| 08/31/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com Number 1 | "Many of us have risked everything on this election. And the disappointment is deep and difficult to manage. " |
| 08/27/2004 * | Bill Burkett | Parallels Drawn Between CBS Memos, Texan's Postings | In e-mail messages to a Yahoo discussion group for Texas Democrats, Burkett laid out a rationale for using what he termed "down and dirty" tactics against Bush. He said that he had passed his ideas to the Democratic National Committee but that the DNC seemed "afraid to do what I suggest." |
| 08/27/2004 approx | Mary Mapes | Rather Admits 'Mistake in Judgment' | "Mapes also put Burkett in touch with a senior official in John F. Kerry's presidential campaign after telling him that Burkett had been "helpful" on what was then CBS's upcoming story about Bush and the National Guard. The Kerry campaign confirmed her unusual go-between role but said Burkett provided no information about Bush." |
| 08/27/2004 | CBS News | Ex-Honcho: I Got Bush Into Guard | |
| 08/25/2004 | Max Cleland | Cleland Tries to Deliver Letter to Bush | |
| 08/25/2004 | Greaterdemocracy.org | Hosts video | Jock Gill and Jon Lebkowsky - Blog Team Host for Ben Barnes video Jock Gill was "technology wonk" in the communications department for President Clinton |
| 08/25/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com | Posted to TexasDemocrats2 that Bush records "are reassembled". |
| 08/21/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com | "I spent some time on the phone with the Kerry campaign seniors yesterday after having to threaten to whip a little ass in order to get through seven layers of bureaucratic kids trying to get a job after the election. I talked with Max Clelend. " |
| 08/21/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com Number 8 | "In the election of Senator Saxby Chambliss, Max Cleland, admits today that he allowed the absolutely criminal charges of comparison of himself to vile figures and thought the people would be smart and big enough to overcome it. He got so far down from not answering those mistakes and from waiting for a complaint to the FEC to take shape that he lost his momentum and ultimately the race. " |
| 08/20/2004 | Max Cleland | Parallels Drawn Between CBS Memos, Texan's Postings | Cleland confirmed that he had a two- or three-minute conversation by cell phone with a Texan named Burkett in mid-August while he was on a car ride. He remembers Burkett saying that he had "valuable" information about Bush, and asking what he should with it. "I told him to contact the [Kerry] campaign," Cleland said. "You get this information tens of times a day, and you don't know if it is legit or not." |
| 08/20/2004 | Bill Burkett | Parallels Drawn Between CBS Memos, Texan's Postings | "In an Aug. 21 posting, Burkett referred to a conversation with former senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.) about the need to counteract Republican tactics: "I asked if they wanted to counterattack or ride this to ground and outlast it, not spending any money. He said counterattack. So I gave them the information to do it with. But none of them have called me back." |
| 08/15/2004 | Mary Mapes | In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries | Mid August, Mapes informs bosses she has "access" to memos written in '72 and '73 by LT Col. J. Killian |
| 08/13/2004 | Bill Burkett | Did Burkett Tip his hand? | "I have found no documentation from LTC Killian's hand or staff that indicate that this unit was involved in any complicit way to either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush, or to provide him pay or certification for training not completed." http://www.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=23055 |
| 08/07/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com | You heard it here. Bush has released all the files he has concerning his service. But he has not released the files which document why he was grounded from flying. The Bush people know they are 'out there' and could come forward. This is a pre-emptive political strike. |
| 08/07/2004 | Bill Burkett | ratherbiased.com | spoke of "preemptive strike" in post at TexasDemocrats2 news group |
| 06/24/2004 | www.austin4kerry.org | Video | Michael and Todd Phelan are volunteers for the Kerry campaign who organize and host events. Todd Phelan is an organizer for Travis County Democratic party. |
| 05/25/2004 | Ben Barnes | Austin4Kerry.org. | Barnes recanted testimony he had previously given under oath in a video produced by Michael Nicholson and Todd Phelan of Austin4Kerry.org Ben Barnes is also an active supporter of Travis County Democratic Party. For more on Barnes see Who is Ben Barnes? |
| 05/04/2004 | James C. Moore | Gaps Remain in Bush Guard Service. | [EDIT]Moore's speculations, " ... there was a drug or alcohol induced reason for Mr. Bush's absence that he and his superiors wanted to avoid publicizing." Former CBS KHOU TV reporter and author of Bush's Brain, James C. Moore, was the first to question Bush's guard record in a 1994 debate with Anne Richards. Moore admits," Ever since asking Bush that question almost a decade ago, I have been obsessed with finding the truth" . Moore ratcheted up his efforts beginning in February 2004. His new book "Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made Bush Presidential" was first published on February 21, 2004. In an article dated April 27, 2004 for salon.com titled Bush's Flight from the Guard (Alternate Link), Moore says, "I leaked Burkett's story to the national media shortly after filmmaker Michael Moore described the president as a "deserter" and set off a furor". |
| 04/27/2004 | Kerry Campaign | Key Unanswered Questions: Bush's Record in The National Guard. | Questions seem to telegraph the same qestions asked in 60 Minutes II story. |
| 04/27/2004 | James C. Moore | Bush's Flight from the Guard | |
| 04/04/2004 | Dan Rather | Rather Spoke at Democratic Fundraiser | Dan Rather is connected to the the Travis County Democratic Party through his daughter, Robin Rather. She is an organizer and fund raiser for Democratic causes and the Kerry campaign. Dan Rather was the featured speaker at one of the events she organized. Robin Rather is or has been chair-person of several environmental groups. |
| 02/17/2004 | Bill Burkett | The Fried Man | Interesting background on Burkett |
| Davis Van Os | Biography | Bill Burkett's attorney Current Candidate for Supreme Court of Texas Represented Al Gore in FL recount | |
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Hey, kewl.
Updated graphs that depict the Web of Connections and timeline are posted at the above link.
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WOW....very impressive....thanks much!
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Hobson--There may be something about February 2004 that is important here. That is when Burkett claims he got the docs at the Houston live stock show. Somebody over at Little Green Footballs.com has posted that a copy of one of the memos he/she downloaded showed in its computer DNA that it was "created" in February 2004. Others have posted that their copies showed to be created in September 2004.
As I understand what this means -- if the poster is correct -- is that a copy of the memo in question was downloaded or scanned to a computer in February, and such memo made it to the CBS website where this poster downloaded it.
Perhaps you know more about this computer stuff than I do. If so, check out what they are saying over at Little Green Footballs.
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Too bad you didn't reference the Hildebeast's planned October surprise.
With your input I will add attributions to FreeRepublic and Freepers to the chart images.
Are you going to create a ping list? If so, add me to it...thanks!
Very interesting. February is the month Michael Moore and James Moore began to turn up the heat. I'll check out LGF.
Thanks!
Never had one before but I will create a ping list.
Thanks sweetie! I bet I'm not the only one who wants to keep up to the minute on this scandal. I'm in & out so much I'm afraid I'll miss something. Thanks again.
Just posted on FR--"kerry campaign touted contents of memos in April"
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