Lt. Col. Killian’s secretary ;memos accurately reflect the viewpoints

[jbfam4]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091504dnpolnatguard.1185eb4ae.html

Mrs. Knox said she did all of Lt. Col. Killian’s typing, including memos for a personal “cover his back” file he kept in a locked drawer of his desk.

She said she did not recall typing the memos reported by CBS News, though she said they accurately reflect the viewpoints of Lt. Col. Killian and documents that would have been in the personal file. Also, she could not say whether the CBS documents corresponded memo for memo with that file.

“The information in here was correct, but it was picked up from the real ones,” she said.


Mrs. Knox, who left the Guard before Lt. Col. Killian died, said she was not sure of the disposition of his personal files when he died while still serving at Ellington. But, she said, it would have been logical that a master sergeant who worked in the squadron headquarters would have destroyed any such nonofficial documents after Lt. Col. Killian’s death.


She also said the memos may have been constructed from memory by someone who had seen Lt. Col. Killian’s private file but were not transcriptions because the language and terminology did not match what he would have used.

[Ilsa]

1. Thanks. I hadn't heard about this.

I bet they spin it the other way: "these aren't real."

[grytpype]

2. This is getting weirder and weirder.

Someone forged accurate documents? What? The? Fuck?

[kskiska]

3. Did this woman ever get sick or go on vacation?

Isn't it possible that a temp may have typed a few memos using a different style?

Didn't his family say he never kept personal notes, never had a CYA file? They also said he didn't know how to type. As the secretary said, "he didn't have to. He had me." Liars.

[Spinzonner]

4. It should not be excluded that Killian

might have typed a few very sensitive doucments - if that's how he viewed the Bush situation - himself rather than exposing them to a secretary and the gossip mill.

Also, her view about the documents not being originated by Killian is an OPINION. She has no actual knowledge of them. It's within the realm of possibility that he might have written somewhat differently if typing his own originals than if having a dictation/rewrite cycle.