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Home Front: Politix
TX Att'y Gen'l turns CBS forgery over to the Texas Rangers!
2004-09-30
No -- not the baseball team, the real Rangers with stars on their badges.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has launched a criminal investigation into forged military records allegedly obtained from President Bush's National Guard file that were aired by CBS News three weeks ago, referring a congressional request for the probe to the investigative division of the Texas Rangers. "On Wednesday 52 Republican congressman urged the Texas attorney general and the U.S. attorney in Lubbock to investigate who created a bogus document at the heart of the now-discredited CBS News story accusing Bush of shirking his Guard duty," the Fox News Channel's Major Garrett reported. The congressional letter read in part: "We request an immediate investigation and prosecution if warranted. Our interest is in whether any state or federal crimes were committed." Texas Attorney General Abbott immediately forwarded the congressional request to the investigative division of the Texas Rangers, Garrett said.
"Howdy Mr. Burkett, we'd like to have a little talk with you back at the station."
Posted by:Sherry

#19  One riot, one Ranger.
Posted by: mojo   2004-09-30 4:53:23 PM  

#18  17, BEAUTIFUL
Posted by: Anonymous4021   2004-09-30 4:41:22 PM  

#17  

Try this again
Posted by: Enigmatic   2004-09-30 4:34:28 PM  

#16  http://enigmatic.shackspace.com/home/walkergate.jpg
Posted by: Enigmatic   2004-09-30 4:29:08 PM  

#15  First the document story.

Then the bogus draft story, even debunked by Snopes.

If Dan wants to recover some semblence of journalistic credibility, here's a story for him to jump on immediately. Batboy steels car
Posted by: eLarson   2004-09-30 2:53:57 PM  

#14  Matt Hayes, writing in FoxNews online - sez crimes may have been committed:

In Texas, the state in which Burkett concedes the false National Guard memos originated, it is a felony to make or present two or more documents with knowledge of their falsity and with intent that they be taken as a genuine governmental record. Under the U.S. Code, use of an interstate telephone wire, such as the one used to transmit an image of the forged documents from Texas to CBS headquarters, triggers federal jurisdiction.


HT to Captain Ed
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-30 12:45:07 PM  

#13  BH:


"Now, where is that weasel-faced scoundrel..."

Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-30 12:39:22 PM  

#12  BH - we do now. :-p

That was a CBS show too, wasn't it? Heh.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-30 12:32:01 PM  

#11  Anyone else get a vision of Chuck Norris delivering a flying kick to Dan Rather?
Posted by: BH   2004-09-30 12:25:49 PM  

#10  I hate to feel good about someone’s pain but I can't help it when it comes to Rather. This smear of Bush on the Guard service and dragging the good names of veterans of the Guard who cannot defend themselves. So far the harshest 'critics' of Bush's guard service are long dead and are being critical through proxy (memo/spouse). And in the case of his Commander the memos were made up. Whoever is responsible should be tried and sent to prison. I have this really cool visual of Rather and Mapes doing the perp walk in Austin!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-09-30 12:16:21 PM  

#9  Thank God--I invested a good portion of my 401K in the clip art sector. Glad to see it's paying off!
Posted by: Dar   2004-09-30 12:08:22 PM  

#8  Fred et al. - Youse guys are TOO COOL! :-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-30 11:58:54 AM  

#7  OMG, Fred, .com, et al! What a terrific touch.
Posted by: badanov   2004-09-30 11:57:14 AM  

#6  Popcorn graphic is courtesy of .com, of course...
Posted by: Fred   2004-09-30 11:55:47 AM  

#5  Rather's a Texan...he's got to go home sometime!
Posted by: Anonymous6700   2004-09-30 11:48:16 AM  

#4  Does New York extradite to Texas?
Posted by: Tom   2004-09-30 11:46:57 AM  

#3  Thanks for reminding me, Barbara...we've got a groovy new graphic. Fred, you 'da man!
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-09-30 11:41:05 AM  

#2  1 Rather 1 Ranger.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-30 11:33:39 AM  

#1  Pass the popcorn. :-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-30 11:27:36 AM  

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