September 15, 2004

What a Twist

Lt. Col. Jerry Killian's secretary made the bizzare statement that while the memos CBS News and USA Today used for Bush hit pieces are forgaries, they contain correct information from "the real ones." How would she remember some memos she typed 30 years ago? Where are the real memos? What does she mean when she said, "The information in here was correct?" What is the correct information in the fakes? Why would someone go out of their way to make forgaries when Marian Carr Knox and Richard Via have stepped forward to claim that political pressure was put on the TANG when Bush was serving? Occam's Razor still shouldn't be forgotten.

Knox is an admitted Bush basher who think he was "selected, not elected." Now, that doesn't mean she's lying that Killian didn't think highly of Bush even though his reports say otherwise. All people of any ideological persuation can sometimes get so emotional about an issue that they'll remember seeing or hearing things that didn't happen. Knox may truly believe she heard "yak-yak" emulated in the fake memos. Eyewitnesses can be wrong. That's why lawyers try so hard to find corroborating evidence. The memos would have fit in perfectly with Knox's, Via's and Ben Barnes' public statements. In fact, they fit too well which should have raised the eyebrows of CBS News and USA Today.

Steve Verdon is correct. "This story just took a very, very weird turn." Expect a Law & Order episode with this storyline in the near future.

"Secretary: Memos are Forgeries"

"Former Guard Aide: Bush Memos Fake, but Content Accurate" [via Power Line]