adamist wrote:
] ] According to "60 Minutes," Killian's personal files show
] ] that he ordered Bush "suspended from flight status" on
] ] Aug. 1, 1972. National Guard documents already released
] ] by the White House and the Pentagon show that Bush was
] ] suspended from flight status on that day for "failure to
] ] accomplish annual medical examination" but do not mention
] ] his alleged failure to comply with National Guard and Air
] ] Force standards.
] ]
] ] In another "memo to file," dated Aug. 18, 1973, Killian
] ] complained that he was under pressure from his superior,
] ] Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, to "sugar coat" Bush's
] ] officer evaluations. "I'm having trouble running
] ] interference and doing my job," he wrote in a memo titled
] ] "CYA." "I will not rate."
]
] Bush disobeyed a direct order to get a medical exam.

Looks as if it came out today that the memos were forged. Moron.

RE: Records Say Bush Balked at Order (washingtonpost.com)