Posted on 06/07/2005 7:54:01 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
If I read this story correctly, kerry signed a form 180 with limitations. All the records were released to one of his pet monkeys from the Boston Globe, the New York Times's leftmost subsidiary.
In other words, the records are still not public. They are still being carefully weeded out by his flunkies. The navy may have released all the records to his flunky, but his flunky has not released all the records to the public.
So this is meaningless.
This is actually a pretty plausible excuse for not releasing these records earlier.
it should be easy to prove... before the election the Navy said there were about 100 pages of his record withheld from public view, so... the NEW record should have about 100 pages MORE than the previous release, right???
Wrong headline and wrong question. The Navy turned over the file to the Globe based on an existing FOIA request and Kerry's signed SF-180. The second paragraph of the Globe article states exactly that.
The records, which the Navy Personnel Command provided to the Globe, are mostly a duplication of what Kerry released during his 2004 campaign for president, including numerous commendations from commanding officers who later criticized Kerry's Vietnam service.
I don't trust the Globe's, especially Kranish's, analysis. I want to see Kerry's signed SF-180 to see what restrictions or limitations were placed on the authorization. I want to see all the info supporting his first PH. Once the SBVFT get these records, we will have a far better analysis of what is in them. Until then, I take the Globe's analysis with a grain of salt.
"File sanitation takes time"
Exactly!!
How do you get into Harvard Law with a C average then?
When they told him 12 weeks, he said, DO you know who I am?
And they rushed the files right out.
Did he turn over whole file?
No.
(But, then, that HAD to be a rhetorical question.)
OMG...he looks just like Lurch..
Exactly.....I have a feeling that this stack of papers are what they had to begin with...covering once again for the traitor....sign the F180, Kerry!
Le F'in genius, rumored to have served in Viet Nam where he acquired mucho medals ...
Your observations are very astute.
I think in the Nixon White House, this was called a 'modified limited hang out.'
They released a bit of new info, even something that could be labeled 'bad,' but really isn't so much. Now, it's all old news.
I agree with your take that he signed the form to release the file to a known flunky, who would cull out anything damaging, rather than release the records to any who inquire. That's what Bush did.
I call, "Shenanigans!"
Pinz
Are Veteran Administration educational payments subject to FOIA?
If he didn't collect them at BC, he walked with bad paper.
No way would he have passed them up! His Daddy married the poor side of the Forbes family. (A mistake he noted and did not repeat)
Looks like Douglas Neidermeyer from Animal House.
Good point and question. Did Kerry attend BC using Veteran's benefits?
I don't know why people thought a less-than-honorable would have been so embarassing for Kerry. His story was that of a man who had to suffer because of his opposition to Nixon. He would have just said a Nixon flunkie would have given him the LTH.
'modified limited hang out.'
Yes, now you quote that, I remember it very well. It became a buzz in the press, kind of like gore's "no controlling legal authority."
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