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Twidget · Seaman Recruit Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 46

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40110-2004Aug27.html

The Kerry campaign has refused to release Kerry's personal Vietnam archive, including his journals and letters, saying that the senator is contractually bound to grant Brinkley exclusive access to the material. But Brinkley said this week the papers are the property of the senator and in his full control.

"I don't mind if John Kerry shows anybody anything," he said. "If he wants to let anybody in, that's his business. Go bug John Kerry, and leave me alone." The exclusivity agreement, he said, simply requires "that anybody quoting any of the material needs to cite my book."

And a bit about Cambodia:

Kerry repeatedly said in the past that he was ordered illegally into Cambodia during Christmas 1968. His detractors claim he never entered that country at all. In "Tour of Duty," Brinkley does not place Kerry in Cambodia but, quoting from Kerry's journal, notes that Kerry's Swift boat was "patrolling near the Cambodian line." Later in the book, Brinkley writes that Kerry and his fellow Swift boat operators "went on dropping Navy SEALS off along the Cambodian border."

"I'm under the impression that they were near the Cambodian border," said Brinkley, in the interview. So Kerry's statement about being in Cambodia at Christmas "is obviously wrong," he said. "It's a mongrel phrase he should never have uttered. I stick to my story."

larrygj · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:44 am Post subject:

This is huge! Kerry can't hide any more with BS about exclusivity deals. I'm waiting to see what the media will do with this.

Larry

neverforget · Vice Admiral Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 875

Yeah, and Brinkley is now claiming journalistic integrity by including both the false and contradictory information and sycophantic passages about Kerry. Huh?

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cipher · Vice Admiral Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 902

integritycounts · Rear Admiral Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 667

Lets see what we learned today...
1. one article says there is at least 94 pages of Military Records not released
2. another article says there is no contractual obligation to restrict access to Kerry's Journals.
3. And that same article says that Cambodia is a lie with regards to Kerry.
4. Another article by an Admiral says Kerry lied about his first purple heart application.