Judicial Watch launches investigation of Kerry's medals etc.

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This one is going to hurt one side or the other, this issue will now not go away. Judicial Watch will pursue it to the end and the Swifties seem to have thought ahead about any rebuttals to them as evidenced by Thurlow's statement today.

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Judicial Watch Calls For Investigation Into Kerry's Medals, Anti-War Actions

Formal Complaint Filed Over Senator's Vietnam Awards, Post-Service Activities

(Washington, D.C.) - Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today filed a request with the U.S. Navy and the Defense Department for an investigation into the awards granted to Sen. John Kerry during his service with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. Judicial Watch also requested that military authorities investigate Kerry's anti-war activities, including his meeting with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations in Paris, while a member of the Naval Reserve.

Basing its requests on a recently published book, Unfit for Command, by former Navy officer John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D, and on news media interviews of other officers and sailors who served with Kerry, Judicial Watch notes that unresolved allegations against Kerry include: false official reports and statements; dishonorable conduct; aiding the enemy; dereliction of duty; misuse and abuse of U.S. government equipment and property; war crimes; and multiple violations of U.S. Navy regulations and directives, the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the U.S. Code.

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Bring it on!

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Aug 31, 2004 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5172

Kerry Should Remove Silver Star Citation From His Internet Site Pending Review By U.S. Navy

Combat 'V' Never Awarded With Silver Star

Former Navy Secretary Lehman Never Approved Citation

Additional Questions Remain Over Service Medal and Purple Hearts

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, today called on Senator John Kerry to remove the Silver Star citation from his political campaign Internet site pending a review of the granting of the award by the U.S. Navy.

On August 18, 2004, Judicial Watch filed a complaint and request for investigation and final disposition of awards granted to Kerry with the Inspectors General of the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy, as well as the Chief of Naval Operations and the Navy's Board of Decorations and Medals. See the complaint by clicking here.

Senator Kerry's DD Form 214 (a Defense Department form detailing a veteran's service upon separation from the military) lists his "Silver Star with Combat ?'V'" and is posted on the Internet at JohnKerry.com. The Combat "V" device is never awarded with the nation's third highest award for heroism.

Journalist Thomas Lipscomb, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times quoted a Navy spokesperson stating: "The Navy has never issued a ?'Combat V' to anyone for a Silver Star." Additionally, former Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted with respect to the Silver Star citation as saying: "It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me."

Furthermore, Senator Kerry's records also reflect the award of a Vietnam Service Medal with 4 bronze stars. Military experts consulted by Judicial Watch believe Kerry's brief tour of duty in Vietnam would have merited no more than 2 bronze stars on a Vietnam Service Medal. Many Swift Boat Veterans have questioned the circumstances of Kerry's Purple Heart awards.

"There is something amiss in Senator Kerry's service records. John Kerry should stop touting an award that has never been awarded to anyone in the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy needs to get on the ball and thoroughly scrub John Kerry's service record by conducting a complete investigation of Kerry's service," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "And, of course, John Kerry may answer many of these questions by authorizing the release of all his service and medical records," Fitton added.

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This is what should have been done in the first place.

Had I been John Kerry, (and been telling the truth), the investigation would be completed, and I'd be suing the hell out of people who slandered me.

This will be what ends the race for him. Can't wait to hear what really happened. (This whole thing has made me curious.)

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What gets me is he was stupid enough to post all those duplicate citations on his site.

Your campaign might be in trouble because of stupidity and arrogance.

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Sep 8, 2004 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5172

Navy Secretary Receives Additional Questions About Kerry's Silver Star

Supplemental Filing By Watchdog Details Serious Problems With Kerry's Records

Possible Attempt to 'Paper Over' Unauthorized Silver Star

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, announced today that it has made a supplemental filing with Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England to its August 18, 2004, formal complaint titled, "Request for Investigation, Determination and Final Disposition of Awards Granted to Lieutenant (junior grade) John Forbes Kerry, USNR."

The supplemental filing, available by clicking here (pdf version) or here (html version), provides the Secretary of the Navy with additional analysis of Senator Kerry's publicly available Navy record concerning his award of the Silver Star, in light of Secretary of the Navy ("SECNAV") Instruction 1650.1G ("Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual"). Orders and citations posted on Senator Kerry's Internet site reflect citations for the Silver Star being "awarded" to Senator Kerry under the authority of both Vice Admiral Zumwalt (Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam) and Admiral Hyland (Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet). Section 113.3 of SECNAVINST 1650.1G directs that only the Secretary of the Navy can, in the name of the President, award the Silver Star.

Journalist Thomas Lipscomb, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, quoted a Navy spokesperson stating: "The Navy has never issued a ?'Combat V' to anyone for a Silver Star." Additionally, former Navy Secretary John Lehman was quoted in the Sun-Times article with respect to the Silver Star citation as saying: "It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me."

Furthermore, Senator Kerry's records also reflect the award of a Vietnam Service Medal with four bronze stars. Military experts consulted by Judicial Watch believe Kerry's brief tour of duty in Vietnam would have merited no more than two bronze stars on a Vietnam Service Medal. Interestingly, Senator Kerry's records contain a DD Form 215, used by Senator Kerry to correct his DD Form 214, to add additional campaign stars on his Vietnam Service Medal but not to correct the gross error of a "Silver Star with Combat ?'V.'"

"The deeper we look into Kerry's service records, the more suspicious we are of misconduct. The Navy should expand its ongoing investigation of Kerry's awards to include the illicit Combat "V" on his Silver Star," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

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The hypocritical pond scum that calls itself American conservatism has hit new lows during this campaign...something I would have bet was damn near impossible.

Hey...watching them parade their hypocrisy does provide some laughs.

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You're right Frank.

And they have no clue to what extent they are the brunt of many jokes. They take themselves seriously. It could lead to more heart trouble I'm sure.

More than then they already have developed. The worst form of heart trouble is having no heart.

I wouldn't laugh at the Tin Man. But I would laugh at a neo con hypocrite who thinks he still has an audience.

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Pentagon releases records showing Bush served. all is well
Pentagon releases records show Kerry got purple hearts. Must be something wrong with the Pentagon.
interesting.

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Have you noticed that Sofia circles like a moon around Uranus every time BrandX posts.

That sure is an ugly avatar you have there BX. Presumably you know that.

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dyslexia wrote:

Pentagon releases records showing Bush served. all is well
Pentagon releases records show Kerry got purple hearts. Must be something wrong with the Pentagon.
interesting.

It hasn't been the Bush administration that has been at Kerry, it has been the people who servered with him that are after him, because of what they know happened. Kerry has brought this upon himself, he can't help but shout from the highest mountain that he fought in Vietnam, and calls himself a war hero. Last time I checked a vast majority of war hero's didn't consider themselves war hero's. Kerry is just beating his own drum.

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Hey Pad and Dys...

...good to see you good folks are getting this right.

I imagine you are both as sad as I to see that so many of our fellow citizens can be duped by these buffoons.

Judicial Watch launches investigation of Kerry's medals etc.

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