CBS "Arranged" for Meeting with Lockhart
- by Kevin Johnson, Dave Moniz and Jim Drinkard
- USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-20-cbs-documents_x.htm
* WASHINGTON — CBS arranged for a confidential source to talk
with Joe Lockhart, a top aide to John Kerry, after the source
provided the network with the now-disputed documents about
President Bush's service in the Texas National Guard.
* Lockhart, the former press secretary to President Clinton,
said a producer talked to him about the 60 Minutes program a
few days before it aired on Sept. 8. She gave Lockhart a telephone
number and asked him to call Bill Burkett, a former Texas National
Guard officer who gave CBS the documents. Lockhart couldn't recall
the producer's name. But CBS said Monday night that it would
examine the role of producer Mary Mapes in passing the name to
Lockhart.
* Burkett told USA TODAY that he had agreed to turn over the
documents to CBS if the network would arrange a conversation
with the Kerry campaign.
* The network's effort to place Burkett in contact with a top
Democratic official raises ethical questions about CBS' handling
of material potentially damaging to the Republican president in
the midst of an election.
* Burkett said Monday that his contact with Lockhart was indeed
part of an "understanding" with CBS.


Texan has made 'allegations' for Years
- by Dave Moniz, Jim Drinkard and Kevin Johnson
- USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-21-burkett-side_x.htm
* BAIRD, Texas — That Bill Burkett looms at the center of a story
about George W. Bush's military service comes as no surprise to
his supporters and critics.
* Burkett, 55, has been making allegations about Bush's
military service for more than six years.
* Some top Texas Guard officials call Burkett an embittered
former officer who will do anything to embarrass the president
and retaliate against senior Texas Guard officers he says treated
him shabbily before he left.
* Burkett has acknowledged lying to CBS and USA TODAY about where
he obtained the questionable documents allegedly written by Bush's
Guard commander.
* "Bill is no more crazy than you or me or any damn body else,"
Dennis Adams, a retired lieutenant colonel who worked with Burkett
in the Texas Guard in the mid-1990s, said last week.
* Burkett's criticisms of Bush have grown more intense in recent
months. He compared Bush to Hitler and Napoleon in an online
article last year, the Houston Chronicle reported last week.

WHY WON'T CBS AND DAN RATHER APOLOGIZE TO THE KILLIAN FAMILY ?

WHY WON'T CBS AND DAN RATHER APOLOGIZE TO PRESIDENT BUSH AN HIS FAMILY
?

~ RHF
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SMHL,

John 'ff' Kerry Campaign Joe Lockhart Bill Burkett Dan Rather-Gate

There is a "CONNECTION" between the Kerry Campaign and the
Rather-Gate Forged Memos.

The Link-Pins are CBS producer Mary Mapes and Joe Lockhart of
the Kerry Campaign.

These FACTS are Un-Impeachable -&- The "Connection" has been
Clearly Established [.]

Congress Needs to Investigate the CBS and Kerry Campaign "Connection" Now !

Why Won't Dan Rather APOLOGIZE to President Bush and his Family ?

ssi ~ RHF
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= = = "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message
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OOPS! CBS is in bed with the Kerry Campaign!

Well, so much for CBS' claims of "no bias."

From Yahoo News:

Kerry Aide Talked to Retired Guard Officer

1 hour, 27 minutes ago

NEW YORK - At the behest of CBS, an adviser to John Kerry (news - web sites)
said he talked to a central figure in the controversy over President Bush
(news - web sites)'s National Guard service shortly before disputed
documents were released.

Joe Lockhart denied any connection between the presidential campaign and the
papers. Lockhart, the second Kerry ally to confirm contact with retired
Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, said he made the call at the
suggestion of CBS producer Mary Mapes.

"He had some advice on how to deal with the Vietnam issue and the Swift
boat" allegations, Lockhart said Monday, referring to GOP-fueled accusations
that Kerry exaggerated his Vietnam War record. "He said these guys play
tough and we have to put the Vietnam experience into context and have Kerry
talk about it more."

Lockhart said he thanked Burkett for his advice after a three to four minute
call.

Lockhart said he does not recall talking to Burkett about Bush's Guard
records. "It's baseless to say the Kerry campaign had anything to do with
this," he said.

CBS News apologized Monday for a "mistake in judgment" in its story
questioning Bush's Guard service, claiming it was misled by the source of
documents that several experts have dismissed as fakes.

Burkett admitted this weekend to CBS that he lied about obtaining the
documents from another former National Guard member, the network said. CBS
hasn't been able to conclusively tell how he got them, or even whether
they're fakes or not.

Kerry ally Max Cleland, a former Georgia senator, also said he had a brief
conversation last month with Burkett, who told him he had information about
Bush to counter charges against Kerry's Vietnam War service. Cleland said he
gave Burkett's name and phone number to the campaign's research department.

Kerry spokesman David Ginsberg said nobody in the campaign's research
department followed up on Burkett's offer of information.

Lockhart said Mapes asked him the weekend before the story broke to call
Burkett. "She basically said there's a guy who is being helpful on the story
who wants to talk to you," Lockhart said, adding that it was common
knowledge that CBS was working on a story raising questions about Bush's
Guard service. Mapes told him there were some records "that might move the
story forward. She didn't tell me what they said."

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Yikes. Their true colors (yellow, mostly) are showing!

73,

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