[mr_niceguy]

For an index of all the documents on the website go to http://www.glcq.com/source_documents.htm . For a chuckle, look up the domain name in the WHOIS database.

[thoughtomator]

This is "Ra^thergate". "Memogate" is something entirely different... well, not entirely. It was the plan uncovered last year by the Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats to use secret national security data in the campaign.

[Kadric]

Burkett was Army NG, where as Bush was Air Force NG. It would not be all that unlikely that someone not familiar with the abbreviation in use by the AFNG to make up the abbreviations based upon the standard they are use to. The Question in my mind is how were these items abbreviated by the ANG at the time if they were at all.

[fightinJAG]

You could be on to something here. I'm especially intrigued by the p.o. box thing. Why would Bush use that addrrss? Okay, but more importantly why would the forgers? Because they couldn't find any other address, prolly.

[fightinJAG]

Yeah, I agree that this should not be called Memogate. That lets Rather off the hook. His name must be forever attached to this dirty trick.

BTW, who is this Paul person?

[fightinJAG]

here's a link saying Paul Lukasiak should have been credited w/ breaking the 60 Mins/Rathergate story first -

http://eblog.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=39

[Congressman Billybob]

As others have pointed out, Burkett was in the ARMY Guard, not the AIR Guard, in Texas. Both in style on the page and in abbreviations, the forged memos follow the ARMY style and deviate from the AIR style. That difference militates for Burkett as the forger. Perhaps in collaboration with the author of the website you cite.

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[Mach9]

OETR: That issue, I believe, has already been discussed. The Air Force (including TANG) uses "OER;" the Army (Burkett's service) uses OETR. This doesn't mean Burkett composed the fakes; but it may mean that Burkett's expertise was called upon by a nonmilitary forger.

"Reassembled": Odd word UNLESS we're talking about retrieving the so-called trashed Bush files at TANG HQ. Has Burkett ever claimed that someone actually DID rummage through the garbage bin after the toss? Does it mean "recreated" because no one actually DID rummage? Does it mean "created" because no such DOCUMENTS existed in the first place and the forged documents reflect nothing more than synoptic rumors?

[Sipicaknobius]

Very Interesting.

[clyde260]

Yep, I'm with you on this. I've thought from day one that Burkett authored the "memo's". Then we have this fishy story about a woman at a cattle show?????

But what sticks out to me the most was the secretary, Carr Knox. When Dubious Dan interviewed her, she said the verbiage was ARMY, not Air Nat'l. Guard.

What did Burkett do in the Army Nat'l Guard?