When the story first broke, I didn’t know what to think of it. Then someone made a comment about the memos being from someone’s personal files. At first, I assumed they meant personnel files. Wrong.
Personnel files are treated like low-level classified material. They are “For Official Use Only”, and are controlled. When someone moves from one duty station to another, they are either forwarded to the gaining unit, or are sealed in an envelope for the individual to hand-carry. When you leave the military, these records are sent to a government repository. At one time, it was in St Louis. I don’t know where they go, now.
Personal files, on the other hand, are folders of material an individual may keep on his own. When you leave a unit, either by transfer or discharge, you either carry these with you or destroy them as no longer needed.
Assuming these personal files weren’t destroyed, the only logical place they could have come from is Lt. Col. Killian’s family.
I don’t think that’s the source.
Bunker,
Don’t you think that if a LTC really wrote the memos to cover his butt, he would have typed “Memorandum for Record” and “Regarding 1LT Bush” in the header? Knowing that he would have to produce them later? If he wrote them? Do you really think a LTC would write “CYA” on any memo?
Comment by Paulie at The Commons — September 14, 2004 @ 8:56 am
No. But I thought I would point out something others didn’t know.
Comment by Bunker — September 14, 2004 @ 10:33 am