Silenced Rather Sues CBS- Read the story behind the lawsuit
Dan Rather has filed a lawsuit against CBS claiming violation of his contract- read the real story behind Bush’s guard service and
Dan Rather has filed a lawsuit against CBS claiming violation of his contract- read the real story behind Bush’s guard service and
Harriet Miers fired investigator in 1997 to cover up Bush draft-dodge. In 1999, while investigating Governor George Bush of Texas for the Guardian papers of Britain, I obtained an extraordinary, and extraordinarily confidential, memo to the US Attorney’s office in Austin. It disclosed that
For The Observer/Guardian UK
Governor George W Bush was a fighter pilot during the war in Vietnam – not in the US Air Force, where one could be seriously hurt or injured – but in the Texas air force, known as the Air Guard. Membership excused these weekend warriors from the draft. Young George W tested at 25 out of 100, one point above ‘too dumb to fly’ status, yet leapt ahead of hundreds of applicants to get in.
Baby Bush’s good fortune 30 years ago is connected in a strange and edifying manner to the victory by GTech Corporation and its Camelot partners in beating Richard Branson for the new contract to operate the National Lottery, starting in 2002.