Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004 10:35 p.m. EDT
Rep. Cox Requests House Rathergate Probe
A senior House Republican has formally requested a congressional investigation into an apparent criminal conspiracy to rig the 2004 presidential election by forging records from President Bush's National Guard service and having them reported by CBS News.
In a letter Tuesday night to Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the Subcommittee of Telecommunications and the Internet, Rep Christopher Cox, R-Calif., called for a probe into what he described as "the continued use by CBS News of apparently forged documents concerning the service record of President George W. Bush intended to unfairly damage his reputation and influence the outcome of the 2004 presidential election."
Cox wrote:
"Despite the growing abundance of the evidence that CBS News has aided and abetted fraud, the network has declined to reveal the source of the disputed documents. USA Today possesses the same documents, obtained independently from a person representing them to be authentic, and likewise is refusing to disclose his identity."
The letter, first reported by radio host Hugh Hewitt, concluded:
"Given the shortness of time between now and the election which the apparent fraud is meant to influence, and the even shorter time before Congress is scheduled to adjourn, I strongly urge that the Subcommittee move with all deliberate speed to uncover the facts."
Originally posted by: conjur
Newsmax reporting Hugh Hewitt???
LMAO!!!!
Originally posted by: dahunan
I am curious to know if this guy requested a probe when Novak *greatest hypocrite of the 21st century* leaked TOP SECRET INTELLIGENCE DATA to the Press?
Originally posted by: Hafen
On the upside of this, Kerry could learn from the GOP how to squash a scandal.
But hey....Kudos to bloggers everywhere who helped bring out this story.
A master forger-turned-crimebuster who has taken a look at CBS anchor Dan Rather's documents about President Bush's National Guard service says they're such obvious fakes that they're a joke.
Ex-forger Frank Abagnale ? played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie "Catch Me If You Can" ? scoffed: "If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been, 'Catch Me In Two Days.' "
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
It's time we accuse CBS, Rather, and the entire Kerry campaign of treason! And if found guilty, they should all be shot dead!
This BS by the liberal media to affect the outcome of the election must stop!
CBS' experts say they didn't authenticate Bush memos
Originally posted by: Todd33
This Dan Rather thing is like a sugar to ants for the right wingers. Which is funny, the docs hardly say anything substantial and the proof against Bush is overwhelming against him with all the legit evidence. I guess if Rush and Hannity talk about, we must to.
Originally posted by: SViscusi
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
It's time we accuse CBS, Rather, and the entire Kerry campaign of treason! And if found guilty, they should all be shot dead!
This BS by the liberal media to affect the outcome of the election must stop!
CBS' experts say they didn't authenticate Bush memos
Dude lay off the drugs.
Rathergate Part 1Most horrific of all were the memories of Terry Bradley, a "fighting sergeant" who told Rather he had skinned alive 50 Vietnamese men, women, and children in one hour and stacked their bodies in piles. "Could you do this for one hour of your life, you stack up every way a body could be mangled, up into a body, an arm, a tit, an eyeball . . . Imagine us over there for a year and doing it intensely," Bradley said. "That is sick."
"You've got to be angry about it," Rather replied. "I'm suicidal about it," Bradley responded
only one of the vets had actually served in combat. Steve Southards, who'd claimed to be a 16-year-old Navy SEAL assassin, had actually served as an equipment repairman stationed far from combat. Later transferred to Subic Bay in the Philippines, Steve spent most of his time in the brig for repeatedly going AWOL...
Mikal Rice ? the anguished vet who claimed to have cradled his dying buddy in his arms ? actually spent his tour as a guard with an MP company at Cam Ranh Bay. He never saw combat.
Neither did Terry Bradley, who was not the "fighting sergeant" he'd claimed to be. Instead, military records reveal he served as an ammo handler in the 25th Infantry Division and spent nearly a year in the stockade for being AWOL. That's good news for the hundreds of Vietnamese civilians Bradley claimed to have slaughtered.
As Burkett notes, the records of all of these vets were easily checkable through Freedom of Information Act requests of their military records ? something Rather and his producers simply didn't bother to do.
At least incompetent.It seems he's no better than Hannity or Limbaugh who don't pretend to be fair and balanced or Drudge who has zero credibility.Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
FYI this is not the first time that Rather has aired "sensational" stories based on false "information", have the falsity of the information pointed out, and refuse to withdraw the story, or correct it.
Apparently in 1988 Rather aired a one hour "documentary" "The Wall Within", in which six Vietnam vets told stories of the brutality they have personally witness, and participated in:
Rathergate Part 1Most horrific of all were the memories of Terry Bradley, a "fighting sergeant" who told Rather he had skinned alive 50 Vietnamese men, women, and children in one hour and stacked their bodies in piles. "Could you do this for one hour of your life, you stack up every way a body could be mangled, up into a body, an arm, a tit, an eyeball . . . Imagine us over there for a year and doing it intensely," Bradley said. "That is sick."
"You've got to be angry about it," Rather replied. "I'm suicidal about it," Bradley responded
just one small problem for Rather....none of it was true.
only one of the vets had actually served in combat. Steve Southards, who'd claimed to be a 16-year-old Navy SEAL assassin, had actually served as an equipment repairman stationed far from combat. Later transferred to Subic Bay in the Philippines, Steve spent most of his time in the brig for repeatedly going AWOL...
Mikal Rice ? the anguished vet who claimed to have cradled his dying buddy in his arms ? actually spent his tour as a guard with an MP company at Cam Ranh Bay. He never saw combat.
Neither did Terry Bradley, who was not the "fighting sergeant" he'd claimed to be. Instead, military records reveal he served as an ammo handler in the 25th Infantry Division and spent nearly a year in the stockade for being AWOL. That's good news for the hundreds of Vietnamese civilians Bradley claimed to have slaughtered.
As Burkett notes, the records of all of these vets were easily checkable through Freedom of Information Act requests of their military records ? something Rather and his producers simply didn't bother to do.
Who amongst you will now stand up and claim Rather is "unbias"
Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
Rather should apologize, then resign.
Are you speaking of the Niger yellowcake forgeries?Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Kind of funny.
I disapprove of using forgeries. So, if people are bothered about Rather using forged documents (and it remains to be seen if he had part in it, but I still don't like it) are the Bush supporters only comfortable if their guy uses forgeries as well?
So effectively it isn't the forgery and misrepresentation of facts, but who does it.
So much for the moral high ground.
If Rather used forgeries intentionally then getting sacked is fine by me. If unintentionally, then he should apologize.
Bush used forgeries.
Bushites, do you support similar actions against him, or does he get a pass?