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Home Front: Politix
1972 Email Casts Doubt on Bush Guard Service
2004-09-09
(2004-09-09) -- CBS reporter Dan Rather today released the text of a recently discovered email from then-Lt. George W. Bush's Air National Guard commanding officer which casts more doubt upon the military service of the man who would become the 43rd President of the United States.

The revelation of the email comes just hours after questions were raised about the authenticity of typewritten memos from the same officer, shown yesterday by Mr. Rather on 60 Minutes.

According to the previously unseen email message sent in May 1972 by squadron commander Jerry Killian, Lt. Bush phoned Col. Killian because "his internet connection was on the fritz and he couldn't IM me."

Lt. Bush apparently wanted to talk about "how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November."

According to Col. Killian's email, the young Bush wanted to go to Alabama to work as webmaster for a Republican candidate's website.

Mr. Rather said the authenticity of the 32-year-old email has been confirmed by several Nigerian officials who specialize in electronic funds transfer by email.
Posted by:Mrs. Davis

#8  What was the frequency, Kenneth?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-09 10:30:22 PM  

#7  Dan Rather, through his investigation, discovered that this email had been sent over wi-fi network over cable broadband.

Now that is good sleuthing from Dementia Dan.
Posted by: Capt America   2004-09-09 10:27:52 PM  

#6  Mrs D - it's already trackbacked to 2200 posts on the DU heh heh
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-09 10:14:23 PM  

#5  Hey, the first email was sent in 1971:
http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-09-09 10:04:39 PM  

#4  Don't think the 1972 email was enough, eh?

Heh, some people aren't, you know, "hip". ;)
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-09-09 10:01:31 PM  

#3  Don't think the 1972 email was enough, eh?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-09-09 8:51:41 PM  

#2  Mrs D - gotta put the
"scrappleface alert" at the top for the Murats and NMM's of the world ;-)
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-09 8:44:01 PM  

#1  Mrs D. - How many millions has Dan "Kenneth" Rather "invested" with the Nigerians?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-09 8:28:15 PM  

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