Bush military service files were destroyed

[Grojlach]

Oops.


Bush military service files were destroyed - report
09 Jul 2004 08:10:20 GMT

NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - The Pentagon says military records related to President George W. Bush's service in the National Guard more than 30 years ago were inadvertently destroyed, The New York Times reported on Friday.

Payroll records of "numerous service members," including Bush, were ruined in 1996 and 1997 during a project to salvage deteriorating microfilm by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the newspaper said, citing the Pentagon.

Bush's whereabouts during his service in the National Guard during the Vietnam War have become an election-year issue, with some Democrats accusing him of shirking his duty.

The destroyed files cover three months of a period in 1972 and 1973 when Bush's claims of service in Alabama are in question, the newspaper said. No back-up paper copies of the records could be found, the Pentagon said in notices dated June 25, according to the Times.

The loss of the records was announced by the Defense Department's Office of Freedom of Information and Security Review in letters to the Times and other news organizations that for nearly half a year have sought Bush's complete service file, the newspaper reported.

In February, the White House released hundreds of pages of Bush's military records. Those records did not provide new evidence to place Bush in Alabama during the latter part of 1972, when some Democrats say he was basically absent without leave.

Dan Bartlett, the White House communications director who has said the released records confirmed the president's fulfillment of his National Guard commitment, did not return two calls for a response, the Times said.

Source: AlertNet

[Chewbacca]

Oops is right.

[Aerich]

Originally posted by Chewbacca: Oops is right.

Yep. Way to give the conspiracy-mongers more fodder.

[Ronn_Bman]

Obviously a Left Wing conspiracy perpetrated by the Clinton Administration.

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EDIT - That is not the : outtahere : smilie listed.

[ 07-09-2004, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]

[wellard]

They released this report on the day it will be swamped by other news.... WOW [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] Bush does seem to have a lot of luck with reports

BTW was there something about GW Bush's police records having 'gone missing' in the past? I'm not sure but I seem to recall some discussion about them.

[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by wellard: They released this report on the day it will be swamped by other news.... WOW [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] Bush does seem to have a lot of luck with reports BTW was there something about GW Bush's police records having 'gone missing' in the past? I'm not sure but I seem to recall some discussion about them.

Hadn't heard anything about his police records. It's fairly common knowledge that he got a ticket for driving drunk several years ago, but that's the only incident I've heard of.

I'm really frustrated by the continuation of the "A.W.O.L. Accusations". Two years ago (when these accusations first cropped up), I was able to find a link to a site that showed documentation records accounting for Bush's whereabouts during the time in question - but I'll be danged if I can find it now.

I tried doing a Google for Bush AWOL, but didn't find the link I used before. Hmmmm....maybe a Search of IW Archives will turn it up. [img]graemlins/outtahere.gif[/img]

[wellard]

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: I tried doing a Google for Bush AWOL, but didn't find the link I used before. Hmmmm....maybe a Search of IW Archives will turn it up. [img]graemlins/outtahere.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/whackya.gif[/img] LOL Cerek

The police records missing question was a genuine question, one that I did not already know the answer to. I am happy to be corrected [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]