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To: Bridge Player who wrote (55101)	9/9/2004 12:30:09 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

I doubt a major mainstream media network is trying to 'smear the president'...the stakes are too high and the potential lawsuits could be huge if it was ever proven...Yet, we now know that the SMEARvets have close ties to the Bush campaign -- their allegations have been investigated by The Washington Post and The New York Times and many of them have been proven to be untrue...President Bush's background and conduct in office needs to be carefully examined by those in the media and by ALL voters. btw, why don't you read this new book by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sy Hersh... amazon.com Availability: This title will be released on September 14, 2004. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. Chain of Command : The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh Book Description: Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Now, in Chain of Command, he brings together this reporting, along with new revelations, to answer the critical question of the last three years: how did America get from the clear morning when hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to a divisive and dirty war in Iraq? Hersh established himself at the forefront of investigative journalism thirty-five years ago when he broke the news of the massacre at My Lai, Vietnam, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Ever since, he's challenged America's power elite by publishing the stories that others can't, or won't, tell. In exposés on subjects ranging from Saudi corruption to nuclear black marketeers and -- months ahead of other journalists -- the White House's false claims about weapons of mass destruction, Hersh has cemented his reputation as the indispensable reporter of our time. In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching look behind the public story of President Bush's "war on terror" and into the lies and obsessions that led America into Iraq. He reveals the connections between early missteps in the hunt for Al Qaeda and disasters on the ground in Iraq. The book includes a new account of Hersh's pursuit of the Abu Ghraib story and of where, he believes, responsibility for the scandal ultimately lies. Hersh draws on sources at the highest levels of the American government and intelligence community, in foreign capitals, and on the battlefield for an unparalleled view of a crucial chapter in America's recent history. With an introduction by The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick, Chain of Command is a devastating portrait of an Administration blinded by ideology and of a President whose decisions have made the world a more dangerous place for America.

To: Bridge Player who wrote (55101)	9/9/2004 12:37:58 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

Player, we need to spread this info around. I'll help

To: Bridge Player who wrote (55101)	9/9/2004 2:32:12 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

You guys are so gullible. Did Bush forge his own copies of the memos? - He released the same ones right after the broadcast. He said he was sorry he didn't release them before, when he said he released all of them. But he just found a copy in the white house bedroom closet. TP <font color=green>Using only last names, one of the newly disclosed documents points to sharp disagreement among Bush's superiors in Texas over how to evaluate his performance for the period from mid-1972 through mid-1973. "Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush," Killian wrote on Aug. 18, 1973. "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job _ Harris gave me a message today from Grp regarding Bush's OETR and Staudt is pushing to sugar coat it. Bush wasn't here during rating period and I don't have any comments from 187th in Alabama. I will not rate." Grp refers to a military unit and OETR stands for officer efficiency training report. </font> There needs be a study of why the copies of these memos from the Texas Regional Center in Camp Mabry were missing.