Miers fired investigator in 1997 to cover Bush draft-dodge (PALAST)

[kpete]

Bush Hit-Woman Behind
Prosecutor Firings Has Long History

of Purges to Protect Bush

Published March 14th, 2007 in Articles
Harriet Miers fired investigator in 1997 to cover Bush draft-dodge

by Greg Palast
from the original reports for BBC Television and the Guardian (UK)

...............

Miers and the Draft

Neither Miers nor President Bush have ever denied the contents of the memo despite repeated requests from the Guardian and BBC Television, for which I did a follow-up investigation.

Bush’s attempt to appoint Hitwoman Harriet to the US Supreme Court in 2005 surprised many. Not me. Miers, personal and governmental lawyer for George Bush, had quite a file on her boss, and he must have been grateful for her discretion.

Most crucially, she knew why Bush so desperately needed to give GTech the lottery contract. And the heart of the matter was the then-successful cover-up of the Bush family’s using its influence to get young George Bush into the Texas Air National Guard and out of the Vietnam war draft.

The memo to the US Attorney reads:

“Governor Bush thru made a deal with Ben Barnes not to rebid because Barnes could confirm that Bush had lied during the ‘94 campaign . Bush was asked if his father … had helped him get in the National Guard. Bush said no he had not, but the fact is his dad call then-Lt. Gov. Barnes ….”

SO MUCH MORE AT:
http://www.gregpalast.com/bush-hit-woman-behind-prosecutor-firings-has-long-history-of-purges-to-protect-bush/#more-1598

[SharonRB]

1. This is amazing

It brings so many pieces together to make sense now.

[Supersedeas]

22. Meirs Condi Gonzo Brownie Hughes -- what would they refuse to do for Buuuush

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. This highlights 60 Minutes' mistake

in presenting the memos of "questionable provenance". I am not saying they were fake, (I believe it was never determined definitively where they came from) but it distracted from the real story, which was that Bush got a free pass into the Guard- jumping several spots ahead of those waiting- and THEN he fucked up and went AWOL.

"Texans for Truth" had that angle covered, and ran some very good ads challenging Bush very directly.
Dan Rather's team f'd up by diluting the story with the memos of "questionable provenance".

And yes, Miers sucks.

[liberalnurse]

3. There is sooo much abuse by this clan,

I essentially forgot this one!

[fooj]

4. One would think that Dan KNOWS this, right?

Maybe someone should contact him just in case...

[Kikosexy2]

19. Bottom-line...

Dan Rather got screwed...I'm no great fan of Dan but they f*#ked him over big time...

[seemslikeadream]

5. Barnes did the same for the sons of Democratic

http://www.gregpalast.com/bush-hit-woman-behind-prosecutor-firings-has-long-history-of-purges-to-protect-bush/#more-1598

An insider told BBC TV that the US Attorney’s office and Justice Department, though under Democratic control, never acted because they discovered that Barnes, a Democrat, had not only manipulated the system to get George Bush into the Texas Air Guard, Barnes did the same for the sons of Democratic big wigs including Congressman (later Senator) Lloyd Bentsen and Governor John Connolly.

[windbreeze]

8. The only difference is....

neither of the Democratic sons became pres., and lied about it...
wb

[Canuckistanian]

12. Who cares about Bentson and Connolly's sons?

They never put in a bid to be president. Poppy's son DID.

Then lied about it after the fact.

[kath]

14. Also, I don't think that Bentson's or Connolly's sons went AWOL.

They likely finished out their terms of service, as most did.

[AzDar]

6. Kick...n/t

:kick:

[porphyrian]

7. I'll kick that. - n/t

[underpants]

9. Hahaha Palast strikes again. I wonder if W will sue like his father did?

:rofl:

[exlrrp]

23. Never happen

Bush wants NO focus on his records at all and will never sue because of them. To do so would bring to light all the fraud and falsifications he and his superiors used to get him an "honorable discharge" (see my comments below)
if the CBS documents were false, Bush would have sued them--if false they LIBEL Bush and hs superiors by impicating them in a conspiracy to falsify ("sugarcoat") his papers.
The CBS memos have letterhead of a federal TXANG unit, purport to be official TXANG papers and have the signature of a federal TXANG commander. Amazingly, CBS did an "investigation," with no powers or authority at all, to determine whether the papers were real or not WHILE THE TXANG NEVER DID!! Nor did any part of the federal government although the papers purport to be federal documents. The federal government ran away from their responsibility and duty top maintain the integrity of federal documents and cravenly abdicated it to CBS and comservative bloggers
If the TXANG is not going to investigate allegedly forged papers that, if forged, libel their commander in chief and other TXANG officers and Bush didn't sue CBS or demand an offficial investigation, you bet theyre trying to hide something.

[dwp6577]

10. they make me sick

MSM lemming watchers will never know this...

[kiteinthewind]

11. Oh, yummy!! nt

:toast:

[lovuian]

13. Ahhh the truth starts surfacing

then they bury it again

[w4rma]

15. Very very good information. Thank you very much, Mr. Palast. (nt)

[radfringe]

16. Harriet-Rove-Gonzales

Which one will fall on their sword first to protect others?

If Miers is the first - will it be enough to send this story into a memory hole?

[exlrrp]

17. The way Bush ENDED his service was a disgrace

One of the many things that was never looked at intentionally by the media was all the fraud and dereliction of duty plainly visible in the posted Bush papers. george BUsh's superiors falsely kept him listd as a pilot and kept PAYING him to be a pilot for 14 months after he had been suspended from flying. His discharge is entirely phony
Wanna see a falsified documenmt with Bush's signature on it? take this one for instance: (see below)
In this document Bush falsely states that he's an F86 pilot with , unbelievably, NO training at all and then gives his permanent address as a PO box.
Lets start at the bottom. "...I certify that the data contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge..." signed George W Bush.
Bush states in two places that he's an F86 pilot--1125B. His real AFSC (job title) is 1125D--an F102 pilot. This is misstated in two different places so its hardly a typo. But the jawdropper, eyepopper, double whopper of all is right in the middle...see it?
"...Military schools attended....none..." NONE?? Bush is saying that after 4 years in the military he hasn't been to one single military school??!! this is an outrageous lie, contradicting reality!! And completely contradicts his claim to be an F86 pilot!! You don't get to be an F86 pilot (or any other kind of pilot, or anything else in the military) without attending SOME kind of school. And here we have our future president saying it, falsely certifying it to be true.
Furthermore, in an unredacted version of this document ( http://www.glcq.com/docs/(72-05-24)trans_application.pdf ) Bush gives his home address as a PO box of the campaign organization in Alabama he was "working" for.
Bush has his name signed to a document claiming he's an F86 pilot with NO schooling aat all and that he lives in a post office box. How true do you thikink an y of that is?
He and his superiors did this to "fluff" this request, to try and make it look like he he was the pilot of an obsolete airplane. when Bush signed his name to this he, and his superiors, falsified an official document intentionally. There's more in here, thats why they scrambkled up Bush's papers when they released them.
So when they accused of Rather of falsifying documents, they were only, once again, accusing someone else of things they did themselves.

(There;s also plenty of evidence that Bush didn't sign this document himself (see: http://www.glcq.com/stuff/forgery.htm "



http://www.glcq.com/docs/(72-05-24)trans_application.pdf

[exlrrp]

18. Whats wrong with Bush's discharge?

The document that shows the character of Bush's service the best is his discharge, which is as it should be. A discharge should reflect the character of a person's service.
If thats the case, Bush'a discharge shows he was stripped of all his medals and qualifications and only finished 5 years, 4 months and 5 days of his service.

"...Qualifications: NONE..." Thats THEIR capitals, not mine. They really wanted it to be evident that Bush wwas completely unqualified to do ANYTHING when he left the military. But Bush is listed as an F102 pilot--thats a huge anomaly right there because it specificallly states that he was not qualified to do the job he is listed as having. Whats up with that? that CAN'T be so. Why hasn't Palast or anyone else ever asked why Bush was DIS qualified from doing anything in the military? they pretend thats normal--its NOT!! I am an honrably discharged veteran and my dd214 shows 6 qualifications--and I was just an E4. certainly I was qualified to do my job--Bush was not. No other veteran Ive ever asked--dozens!--say this is a normal discharge or that they didn't have any qualifications when discharged.
This discharge shows very well what Bush's superiors were doing: keeping him listed as a pilot--and PAID as a pilot for 14 months after he was suspnded from flying. This, by the way, is what theyre hiding: the fact that Bush signed paychecks for work that he didn't do--COULDN'T have done because he was suspended from doing it. Embezzlement, fraud, dereliction of duty and many other crimes. But from one end of Bush's paperwork to the next, he's ONLY listed as a plot. If he was paid for something else, he was entirely unqualified to do it, and there is no record of it. They falsely kept him leisted and paid as a pilot when they should have disciplined him .

Furthermore, Bush has no medals listed whatsoever--very strange for someone who was supposedly the pride of the TXANG. TAFCS and TAFMS are not medals, they stand for, respectively, Total Accumulated Federal Civilian/Military Service. These are totals of training days, there should be a colon and a number after then indicating time in category--there is NONE (that pesky word again)
they don't even list the meager crop of medals Bush did get--the NDSM for 6 months active duty and a pistol qualification badge. They evidently stripped him of his medals as well as his qualifications.

"...Officer has a six year obligation and has completed 5 years 4 months and 5 days..." Does anyone think that means Bush finished his commitment?? Not unless you think that finishing 5 years 4 months and 5 days of a 6 year commitment means finishing a 6 years commitment.

After being stripped of his medals and qualificatioss, no wonder Bushnevrr showed up to ssign it--something else unheard of by any veteran. Thats what his discharge shows.
Furthermore, there's evidence of further falsification: see how the lines in the remarks box run completely sifferent from the rest of the page?. See the extra characters and the whiteout marks? This has been whited out and rewritten.
Again, they accuse Rather of doing something they did themselves.
The greatest fraud ever put over on the American people is Bush's "honorable" service. It clearly was not, according to this discharge. Palast and other should look at all the fraud plainly visible in Bush's records, starting with this discharge.

[exlrrp]

21. Further Falsification

Here's one of the most falsified documents in Bush's records. Anybody notice anything?? Like its not SIGNED?? they stamped signed but the stamper is not attributed--this is illegal. There's no comfirmation from Hodges either like on the other two--think they all were out sick the day this was written? WHo prepared this and stamped signed over Killian and Harris's signature? ( answer: Maj Rufus Martin) Obviously they didn't want their signatures on this document although they signed BUsh's previous two OETRs with compliments and fluorishes (see: http://www.glcq.com/docs/(71-05-26)oetr_1971.pdf )

"Lt BUsh has not been observed during the time of this report..." (May 72--May 73)
Well, thats pretty definite--Theyre saying he wasn't there at all this whole year. But the Alabama unit he was supposedly in says adamantly--and their records show--that he was not in their unit either, never signed in. If he didn't sign into that unit, he wasn't paid through that unit, nor through any authorization of theirs. So how did Bush get paid for pilots duty he could not have done because he was suspended from doing it (Aug 1, 1972)
So how did he get paid for 14 days that year--as a PILOT!-- when the Commanders of the only two units he could have been attending say he wasn't there? And their records back them up? The ONLY "proof" that Bush attended at all after MAy 1972 is ONLY in his pay records--not the records of the units he was allegedly paid through. This is a HUGE fraud and anomaly. (see pay records: http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/gwbush/gwb72-73milpay-p1.html )
How did Bush get paid to be a pilot after he had been suspended from flying and when the only two units he could have been in say he wasn't there?
Look at the pay records cited--how did Bush get paid for 6 days in January for pilot's duty that he had been suspended from doing? And where was he doing it?
Bush didn't game his way out of the service, his superiors did it for hjim. They, and he committed crimes doing it, like embezzlement, perjury, dereliction of duty and fraud to name a few. Thats what his records show and that why they scrambled them before releasing them..

[The Cleaner]

20. Stop Swift Boating Poor GW BUSH!! Er...wait a minute...

WOW! K&R

:wow: