Saturday, July 10, 2004
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
Dawkins writes:
The records that would have exonerated George W. Bush of the charge that he illegally fled the Texas Air National Guard to enter rehab for alcoholism and cocaine abuse have been "inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon."
It certainly is too bad those records have been destroyed.
posted by Blicero : 7/10/2004 03:13:00 PM
The records that would have exonerated George W. Bush of the charge that he illegally fled the Texas Air National Guard to enter rehab for alcoholism and cocaine abuse have been "inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon."
The destroyed records cover three months of a period in 1972 and 1973 when Mr. Bush's claims of service in Alabama are in question.So we can only continue to assume, given this absence of exculpatory evidence, that Bush did indeed flee the Texas Air National Guard to enter rehab for alcoholism and cocaine abuse.
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The lost payroll records stored in Denver might have answered some questions about whether he fulfilled his legal commitment, critics who have written about the subject said in interviews.
"Those are records we've all been interested in," said James Moore, author of a recent book, "Bush's War for Re-election," which takes a critical view of Mr. Bush's service record. "I think it's curious that the microfiche could resolve what days Mr. Bush worked and what days he was paid, and suddenly that is gone."
It certainly is too bad those records have been destroyed.
posted by Blicero : 7/10/2004 03:13:00 PM
