OOOPS, my mistake:Pentagon: Bush Guard Records Destroyed
 

Pentagon: Bush Guard Records Destroyed


July 09,2004

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military payroll records that could have more fully documented President George W. Bush's whereabouts during his service in the Texas Air National Guard in the Vietnam war era were inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon.

In a letter responding to a federal lawsuit by The Associated Press, the Defense Department said that microfilm containing the pertinent National Guard payroll records was damaged and could not be salvaged. The damaged material included payroll records for the first quarter of 1969 and the third quarter of 1972.

``President Bush's payroll records for those two quarters were among the records destroyed,'' wrote C.Y. Talbott, of the Pentagon's Freedom of Information and Security Review section. ``Searches for back-up paper copies of the missing records were unsuccessful.''

In February, the White House released some payroll and medical records from Bush's Vietnam-era service to counter Democrats' suggestions that he shirked his duty in the Texas Air National Guard. Bush was in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 to 1973, much of the time as a pilot, but never went to Vietnam or flew in combat.

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Trying to calm the political unrest, the White House on Feb. 13 released Bush's military records to counter suggestions he shirked his duty. But there was no new evidence given at that time to show that he was in Alabama during the period when Democrats questioned whether he performed his service obligation.


The records showed that Bush, a pilot, was suspended from flying status beginning Aug. 1, 1972, because of his failure to have an annual medical examination. His last flight exam was on May 15, 1971. There were no new documents, during that February release, to shed any light on Bush's service in Alabama.



http://www.africana.com/newswire/hom...cle.asp?ID=745


How convenient.... I wonder if I could pull that one off with the IRS on my records...LOL





:1orglaugh

30+ year records are irrelevant today, unless you're looking for dirt, because you have nothing of actual substance to say.

If you wanna dump your 30 year old IRS records, nobody would give a flying fuck.

Not that sure... pretty complicated shit:

http://www.irs.gov/irm/part1/ch11s36.html

But beside the point... I understand that you can't see it, being blinded by King George...
Why wasn't this said or revealed during the whole debate of:

" Who is the biggest war hero : Bush jr. or Kerry" ...

"inadvertently destroyed"

:1orglaugh


What are the odds.. ? Here's someone that is accused of not having performed his service obligation... Just before getting ready to be a presidential candidate... his records are being destroyed.. in 1996-1997.... mmmh..

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...0040707MISW108

So what's the excuse from the righties on that one? I'd like to read it. :1orglaugh