Bush's Military Records again the Subject of Cort Action

Oh ho! The Pentagon said Bush 43's military records had been
destroyed.

Guess what? Dulicate copies exist.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...litary_service


WASHINGTON - The Associated Press asked a federal judge Friday to
order the Pentagon (news - web sites) to quickly turn over a full copy
of President Bush (news - web sites)'s military service record.

The White House has released partial documentation of Bush's military
service in the Texas Air National Guard but has not complied with the
news service's Freedom of Information Act request for any record
archived at a state library records center in Texas, the AP said in a
court filing.

Records released so far do not put to rest questions over whether Bush
fulfilled his National Guard service for a period during the Vietnam
War, the AP argued in papers filed in federal court in New York.

Those records came from federal records clearinghouses. Texas law
requires separate record keeping for state National Guard service, and
those records should exist on microfilm in Austin, the AP said.

"A significant, ongoing controversy exists over the president's
military service during the Vietnam War, specifically whether he
performed his required service between May and October 1972," lawyers
for the AP wrote.

There also are allegations that potentially embarrassing material was
removed from Bush's military file in 1997, when he was running for
re-election as Texas governor, the AP said.


"The public has an intense and legitimate interest in knowing the
facts concerning the president's military service. Reviewing the
microfilm copy of the personnel file at the Texas Records center could
well answer the questions that have been raised," the lawyers wrote.

The news service asked U.S. District Judge Harold Baer to hear
arguments in the case and to direct the Pentagon to comply with the
FOIA request within three days.

AP first sought the Texas records in March, and sued the Pentagon in
June for not moving more quickly to supply the information.


The administration has said that military payroll records that could
more fully document Bush's whereabouts during his service in the Texas
Air National Guard were inadvertently destroyed. Microfilm containing
the pertinent National Guard payroll records was damaged and could not
be salvaged, according to the administration.

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Strong circumstantial evidence shows that Bush was actually declared a
deserter.

What if these second copies also are missing/destroyed? Just a
coincidence, I am sure someone will say.

Walt