News Intelligence Analysis
Presidential
Candidate's Military Records
Which Candidate
Served Honorably and With Valor?
Part I. The Military Records of Senator Kerry and Pres. Bush
Part II. Republican Sponsored Swift Boat Vets Exposed
See
the Military Record of Senator John Kerry 
See
the Military Record of George W. Bush
Part I. The Military Records of Senator Kerry and Pres. Bush
Mr. Bush's Glass House
By Nicolas D. Kristof
President Bush's paramount problem
with his National Guard years is not
that he took shortcuts in 1972. The
problem is that he still refuses to come
clean
about it.
Missing in Action
By Nicholas D. Kristof.
President Bush
claims that in the fall of 1972, he fulfilled
his Air National Guard duties at a base in
Alabama. But Bob Mintz was there - and
he is sure Mr. Bush wasn't.
Read the Stinging Analysis
of
George W. Bush's avoidance of
service by Army Colonel
(Retired) Gerald A.
Lechliter.
CBS Defends Its Report
on
Bush Military Record the
debate could
help shape the presidential campaign.
Documents Suggest Special
Treatment for Bush in Guard N.Y.
Times Reports: President Bush's Vietnam-era
service in the National Guard came under
renewed scrutiny on Wednesday as newfound
documents emerged from his squadron commander's
file
that suggested favorable treatment
Old Memos Bring New
Problems
for Bush President Bush’s Vietnam-era
military service returned to the forefront of the
race for the White House on Thursday after a
host of media outlets reported details about
the president's suspension from flying in the
Texas
Air National Guard.
Part II. Republican Sponsored Swift Boat Vets Exposed
Read the Actual Transcript
of the Swift Boat Vets Fraudulent
Ad: "I served with John Kerry."
See the President's
Connections to
the Swift Boat Vets Attacks PDF File
Kerry TV Ad Pins Veterans'
Attack
Firmly on Bush by Adam Nagourney
and Jim Rutenberg of the N.Y. Times. Bob
Dole uncharacteristically began supporting
the Swift Boat Vet's accusations while Bush
continued to refuse to to disavow the
campaign against Kerry.
Anti-Kerry Vets Not
There that Day
By William B. Rood. And
eye-witness account:
"There were three swift boats on the river that day
in Vietnam more than 35 years ago—three officers
and 15 crew members. Only two of those officers
remain to talk about what happened on
February 28, 1969.
A Swift Boat Vet's Military
Record
Newly obtained military
records of one of Sen.
John F. Kerry's most vocal critics, who has
accused the Democratic presidential candidate
of lying about his wartime record to win medals,
contradict
his own version of events.
Senator Kerry Fights
Back: Swift
Boat Group a Front for Bush.
Faced
with unrelenting attacks on his military record,
Sen. John F. Kerry on Thursday said a
Republican-funded group of veterans is lying
about his service in Vietnam and operating as a
front organization for President Bush.
Swift Boat Vet's Ads
Are Believed by
Voters: Kerry's decision
to take on the group
directly was a measure of how the group that calls
itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has catapulted
itself to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
A New York Times Editorial:
It may seem
outlandish to launch a campaign broadside by
television ad and book flackery devoted to
discrediting the respectable Vietnam War record
of Senator John Kerry, who has five combat medals.
But that is exactly what a Republican-financed
group of partisans is doing
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