Stringent military screening program may explain gaps on president's rec.

[TrueAmerican]

story from March 2004, this could be used in the next phase of attack.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking-news-story.asp?submitdate=200431401040

Bush's partial history
Stringent military screening program may explain gaps on president's record

Bill Morlin and Karen Dorn Steele
Staff writers


Military rules used in 1974 to ground two Washington Air National Guard airmen with access to nuclear weapons also applied to a Texas Air National Guard unit where Lt. George W. Bush was a fighter pilot.


Some military researchers and a former Texas Guard lieutenant colonel believe the stringent regulations -- known as the Human Reliability Program -- may have been invoked to stop Bush from flying Texas Air National Guard jets in 1972.

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[annabanana]

1. verrrry interesting........

a whole new perspective...

they kicked him out...could be

[21winner]

2. Indeed.

The F-102 could carry the Genie nuclear aa missile. Google genie for more.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. In other words - he was quietly told not to show up for his medical exam?

Therefore, the reason he was suspended for flying was not due to his failure to attend the exam. The medical exam was just used as an excuse to suspend him. He was grounded for some other reason, due to the fact that whatever that "other reason" was, it made him "unreliable". Somehow, James Bath figures into the equation, too.


An interesting section of the article at your link:

"...Human reliability regulations were used to screen military personnel for their mental, physical and emotional fitness before granting them access to nuclear weapons and delivery systems..."

"...Under the rules, pilots could be removed immediately from the cockpit for HRP issues, which happened in the 1974 Washington Air National Guard case. The two Washington airmen were suspended on suspicion of drug use, but eventually received honorable discharges..."


I also note with great interest from the article that Bush's MEDICAL RECORDS from the National Guard have NEVER BEEN RELEASED.

[Gin]

4. good god...now he has the football with him everywhere he goes....

someone out there who has credible information, surely must have a conscience and feel a sense of loyalty to the rest of the citizens of the world.

Very interesting and plausible considering all the other info.

[librechik]

5. oh, this guy would never ask that Bush's record be sugarcoated

snip

"Retired Brig. Gen. Walter Staudt, who gave Bush his direct commission as a second lieutenant out of Yale University in May 1968, said the Texas Air Guard had nuclear-capable jets, including F-101s and F-102s.

‘‘But I never heard of an F-102 carrying a nuclear weapon, so I don't see why you think these regulations would have applied,” the 81-year-old retired general said.

‘‘I love the guy,” Staudt said of Bush. ‘‘I'm so tired of this negative crap about him that I'd like to volunteer to build a barn and take you press guys out behind it and kick your asses.”

Terriffic article. Very damning and factual.

[rocktivity]

6. If he was kicked out, he shouldn't have gotten an honorable discharge

Under the rules, pilots could be removed immediately from the cockpit for HRP issues, which happened in the 1974 Washington Air National Guard case...(T)wo Washington airmen were suspended on suspicion of drug use, but eventually received honorable discharges.
Well, that's how it's supposed to work when the key word is "suspicion." I presume they got their discharges because the suspicions turned out not to be true.

:headbang:
rocknation