http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/burkett/ en-us Tue, 7 Nov 2006 02:41:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733711/posts I wrote last week that we'd see more outbreaks of anti-military vandalism leading up to Election Day. In upstate New York on Halloween eve, "(expletive) Bush" and a depiction of a penis were scrawled on the 20-by-40-foot flag and similar pictures in the same shade of green were painted on the American Legion Mohawk Post. Now there's this despicable act in Boise, Idaho reportedly committed by the sons of a state Democrat legislator: Police arrested 24-year old Michael Burkett of Boise early Sunday morning after officers with Capitol Mall Security reported spotting him vandalizing two flag polls on the grounds... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733711/posts#comment Tue, 7 Nov 2006 02:41:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733430/posts Boise, Idaho -- Police arrested 24-year old Michael Burkett of Boise early Sunday morning after officers with Capitol Mall Security reported spotting him vandalizing two flag polls on the grounds of the Idaho Statehouse. The flags are memorials to soldiers who lost their lives in the war on terror. "It's certainly upsetting, not just to officers but for any citizen of this county who knows somebody who lost their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan," Lt. Ron Winegar said of the ongoing investigation. Burkett was charged with resisting arrest and Malicious Injury to Property. He and his 22-year-old brother, Tom Burkett,... Fox 12 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733430/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519349/posts November 09, 2005 Mary Mapes Names Names ("Anonymous" Ones) Posted by Bill An excerpt from page 201 of her new book: Within minutes of Buckhead's original posting, Freepers began to repeat and embellish Buckhead's thoughts. Not surprisingly, they all agreed with him, they all agreed with one another, and they all agreed this should be pursued aggressively. Freethinkers they are not. The Freepers and their lockstep like-minded fellow travelers moved as a group, like a school of sharks sweeping toward an unaware and unarmed victim. CBS was like some sunburned, overweight Florida tourist with a cut foot, floundering and flapping... INDC Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519349/posts#comment Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506476/posts If special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald delivers indictments of a few functionaries of the vice president’s office or the White House, we are likely to have on our hands a constitutional crisis. The evidence of widespread wrongdoing and conspiracy is before every American with a cheap laptop and a cable television subscription. And we do not have the same powers of subpoena granted to Fitzgerald. We know, however, based upon what we have read and seen and heard that someone created fake documents related to Niger and Iraq and used them as a false pretense to launch America into an invasion... YahooNews/HuffPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506476/posts#comment Fri, 21 Oct 2005 07:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384100/posts Now that the brouhaha over Dan Rather's "Memogate" scandal is no longer front-and-center in the national media, one has to wonder why there's been no closure to the issue of the documents themselves. Bill Burkett, the supplier of the documents to CBS, changed his story on the source of the documents, ultimately claiming that one "Lucy Ramirez" gave them to him. No one even knows who Lucy Ramirez is, if she exists of if she's another figment of Burkett's imagination. Surely, a scoop on where the documents came from would be huge. Reporters, even those at CBS could be working... A.I.M.ORG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384100/posts#comment Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:52:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349312/posts CBS News’ Boss Hired Private Eye To Source Memos by Joe Hagan On Sept. 20 of last year, CBS announced that it was employing an independent panel to investigate how 60 Minutes Wednesday had ended up relying on shaky-looking memos in its segment about President Bush’s past service in the Texas Air National Guard. The investigators, CBS said, would "determine what errors occurred in the preparation of the report and what actions need to be taken." Five days later, CBS launched another inquiry into the memo scandal. The network hired a private investigator named Erik T. Rigler, a former F.B.I.... NYOBSERVER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349312/posts#comment Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:50:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348388/posts Bill Burkett, the former Texas national guardsman who provided CBS with the bogus documents it used to allege that President Bush evaded the draft and used family connections to cover up his shoddy military service, spoke out against the network in a 2,600-word letter addressed to the quasi-independent panel which CBS had appointed to investigate the whole Memogate affair. In the letter, which the panel's legal representative confirmed receiving, Burkett says that CBS blamed him for its own failures in order to minimize the damage to its own reputation. He also continues to stand by his revised explanation of how... RatherBiased.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348388/posts#comment Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:16:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344119/posts THE NEW YORK OBSERVER will report tomorrow: 'Former 60 Minutes Wednesday executive editor Josh Howard has told colleagues that before he resigns, the 23-year CBS News veteran will demand that the network retract remarks by CBS president Leslie Moonves, correct its official story line and ultimately clear his name'... In the event of a lawsuit, Mr. Howard has told associates that he would like to see Moonves put under oath to talk about his own roles in the network's stubborn, hapless defense of the flawed segment on President Bush's National Guard service. Howard has also indicated to colleagues that he... DrudgeReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344119/posts#comment Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1224349/posts In a week in which it was burnt by at least one high-profile source, CBS News is being accused by another of having used and abandoned him. The Observer has learned that CBS News and Dan Rather made use of Jonathan (Jack) Idema, a former Green Beret, mercenary and rogue soldier, who was tried and sentenced on Sept. 15 to 10 years in an Afghan prison for operating a private jail and torturing civilians he claimed were Al Qaeda operatives. Mr. Idema is now accusing CBS News of abandoning him after having what appears to have been an ad hoc... The New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1224349/posts#comment Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:46:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1255437/posts B. G. Burkett, Author of "Stolen Valor" is currently on CSPAN and made the statement that he expects a major revelation about John Kerry's military records in the next few days. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1255437/posts#comment Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:23:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1237421/posts As Memogate moves out of the journalistic fiasco phase and into a more legalistic phase, the strength of CBS Legal’s Felony Abatement Plan (also known to prosecutors as ‘tampering’) will be put to test. There is ample evidence of criminal intent by CBS both pre-broadcast and post-broadcast. One as-yet unrealized consequence (other than to CBS Legal) is that communications between a lawyer and client are no longer privileged when the subject matter is furthering a crime or a fraud. The Texas forgery code provides that publication of two or more fake government documents is a felony. Hence, discussions between CBS... ratherbiased.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1237421/posts#comment Thu, 7 Oct 2004 01:23:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237264/posts COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - A Central Texas radio station is severing its ties with CBS News after receiving hundreds of complaints about the network's coverage of President Bush's military record. Bryan-College Station radio station WTAW will begin airing national news from ABC within 90 days, station manager Ben Downs said. About 350 people wrote to the station to complain about CBS' discredited "60 Minutes" report on Bush's National Guard service. The network's Sept. 8 report centered on questionable memos that suggested Bush got preferential treatment because of his family ties. Anchor Dan Rather later offered an on-air apology on... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237264/posts#comment Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236709/posts CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves said the independent panel investigating the network's report on President Bush's National Guard service probably wouldn't complete its work before the presidential election. The Sept. 8 report on CBS's "60 Minutes" news magazine relied on now-discredited documents. While the scrutiny of Viacom Inc.'s CBS has faded somewhat, some media pundits warn that the longer the panel's inquiry takes, the more unsettled it leaves CBS. And against the argument that the report should come after the election to avoid any unintended influence or distraction, some counter that a delay makes the network seem to be dragging its... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236709/posts#comment Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:01:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236426/posts http://jb-williams.com/10-5-04.htm How to support Kerry for President Written by JB Williams ©2004-10-05 In order to cast a vote for John Kerry, you first have to believe he is fit to be Commander-in-Chief. Now some don’t believe he is, namely 95% of all the decorated vets who served beside him in Vietnam, more than 70% of all living retired military personnel, and more than 80% of those serving in combat today. But what do they know? Besides, as the Democratic Party points out at every opportunity, what Right do these people (who spill their blood for our freedom) have to speak... JB WILLIAMS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236426/posts#comment Wed, 6 Oct 2004 03:39:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235438/posts In order for the memos to be “valid”, Killian would have had to: 1) Reject perfectly good, regular typewriters that were available to his unit and in general, that typed all other documents at the time. 2) Make extraordinary efforts to get equipment that – it is virtually certain – weren’t commonly available at that time. 3) Want to create (and thought about creating) 6 documents that were totally different from any others at the time. 4) Make documents that were different from any other then-contemporary documents. 5) Go through extreme Rube Goldberg contortions to make the documents (which even... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235438/posts#comment Tue, 5 Oct 2004 04:45:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233323/posts http://www.billburkett.us/blog Burkett VS CBS This is Burkett's Blog Burkett claims he had a committment from CBS to authenticate the documents. Then how come he xeroxed them and destroyed the originals? How did he expect CBS to authenticate xerox copies? Bill Burkett's Blot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233323/posts#comment Sat, 2 Oct 2004 05:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233023/posts The well-dressed disrupter at the recent premiere of "Stolen Honor," a documentary film attacking John Kerry's role as a Vietnam War protester, has been identified as a Kerry campaign and Democratic National Committee staffer who had served time for manslaughter in a fatal shooting. Wayne F. Smith interrupted the question-and-answer session following the Sept. 9 showing in Washington, delivering a long speech assailing the film and defending Sen. Kerry. He did not identify himself, but he recently had joined the Kerry campaign's veterans outreach operation. The campaign told this column Thursday night that Smith worked for the DNC. Although Smith... Creators Syndicate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233023/posts#comment Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:06:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227472/posts Unit 127 of the Pajamahadeen reporting for duty. On August 13, Bill Burkett posted approving comments on democrats.com ( http://democrats.com/view.cfm?id=23055 ) about a rabid website that claims President Bush went AWOL while in the National Guard. These remarks were highlighted in an article by Steve Gilbert on the American Thinker website that I want to acknowledge first. ( www.americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=719 ) The AT piece points out a stark contradiction between Burkett's August comments and his claim to have received the Killian forgeries in March (the cattle show story). Near the end of his August comments, Burkett says "I have found no... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227472/posts#comment Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:57:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1227408/posts Lokisfur asks: How come there is no federal criminal investigation into the CBS memos? We now have forged US military records that Citizen Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1227408/posts#comment Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:08:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227117/posts How Biased is CBS and the Mainstream Press? Written by JB Williams ©2004-09-23 CBS has committed five years of effort and resources by senior producer (Mary Mapes) and her staff, to digging through 30 year old service records of George W. Bush in search of any evidence that would help them remove him from the oval office. When CBS failed to unearth any damning evidence concerning Bush’s Guard service after five years of in depth research, they became party to disseminating forged evidence needed to pursue their agenda. CBS claims that it was a BIG story worthy of pursuit, having... JB WILLIAMS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1227117/posts#comment Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:36:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226825/posts POLITICS: Staff shake-ups. Debate one-liners. Unsubstantiated rumors. Dirty tricks. Terrorism. It must be October, and this must be an ­election year. "I called the guy,"(Burkett) Mr. Lockhart admitted to The Wall Street Journal. "We talked for three or four minutes about the swift-boat controversy. He believed our response was inadequate, that Kerry should push back about the Vietnam experience. I thanked him for his advice. End of the story." But it wasn't quite the end. Mike McCurry, another Kerry adviser, later said Mr. Lockhart told campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill about the conversation, and she, in turn, relayed it to... World Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226825/posts#comment Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:21:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226754/posts The Fort Worth Star Telegram has retracted a quote from former Texas National Guard commander Bill Burkett, who reportedly had told the paper that top Kerry aide Joe Lockhart pressured him to share forged documents on President Bush's military record later broadcast by Dan Rather. The report - the first to implicate the Kerry campaign in the Rathergate scandal - sent shock waves through political circles on Friday. But by midday, the Telegram had posted a revised version of the report, explaining: "This article has been corrected from the version published in the newspaper and online Friday morning to reflect... Newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226754/posts#comment Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:51:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226522/posts Former Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, who provided CBS News with possibly fraudulent documents purporting to show that President Bush shirked his Guard duty, is looking for a lawyer to pursue a possible defamation case against the network. Burkett is angry with CBS and anchor Dan Rather for disclosing his identity after promising him anonymity, his current attorney, Gabriel Quintanilla, said yesterday. Quintanilla said Burkett's life had become "pure hell" since Monday, when Rather disclosed on the "CBS Evening News" that he was the network's confidential and "unimpeachable" source for the controversial documents. Burkett has had little luck finding... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226522/posts#comment Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:51:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226476/posts Vermont Public Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226476/posts#comment Sat, 25 Sep 2004 01:33:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1226359/posts Lokisfur asks: How come there is no federal criminal investigation into the CBS memos? We now have forged US military records that were aimed at undermining the US election process and bringing down the President of the United States . Citizen Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1226359/posts#comment Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:56:00 GMT