After replying with a strongly worded email, the Marine Corps decided to prosecute him and separate
him from the IRR with an Other Than Honorable
Discharge. He could have ignored the letter of
notification, but instead chose to exercise his right to challenge the decision in a hearing.

Interesting. It occurs to me if he has the right to say what he pleases, then the Marine Corp has the right to discharge him as they please.

You might find it interesting to know that Burkett was the CBS's source for the questionable documents.  You can see why he might be a little bitter and why he might have an axe to grind.

So you condone passing forged documents as a pay back for what you believe is a wrongful act against you?? Wow

And you still claim "questionable?"

One of those, Marian Carr Knox, the secretary to Lt. Col. Jerry Killian who was Bush's immediate commander in the TANG, told CBS that she believes the documents are fake but that they reflected the sentiments of Kilian.  "I know that I didn't type them. However, the information in those is correct".

The secretary of the group says she didn't type them and believes them fake. Of course they must be accurate, even if they are fake. Trust me. The check's in the mail. It's only a cold sore. The Beamer is paid for. I'm from headquarters and I'm here to help youu. ;-)

Fake but accurate...

BTW - When Bush joined TANG there were plenty of openings for PILOTS, but none for non-pilots and enlisted. At that time F102's were in Vietnam and the expectation was that all F102 squadron's would go. The war changed, no bombing attacks were made by China or North Vietnam and interceptors were not needed.

And the guy who was so forgiving in 1992 well...

In the 1992 campaign, Mr. Kerry, who has equated Mr. Bush's National Guard service to running away to Canada, took to the Senate floor to denounce Republicans who questioned candidate Bill Clinton's draft record. Mr. Kerry said it was time to stop re-examining how people did or did not serve during the Vietnam War. Mr. Clinton has never served in the military. As a university student, Mr. Clinton wrote a letter to the commander of the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Arkansas, expressing a "loathing" for the military.

As a close, I note that you claim:

Griffin, as a Rove protégée, is in the direct linage of Republican political operatives that go back to Lee Atwater who was Rove's men

between

Andres Izarra, former news manager at RCTV. He served as Venezuela's former communications minister under President Chavez. He is now president of TeleSUR, a multinational satellite network.

and

Francisco Rodríguez, assistant professor of economics and Latin American studies at Wesleyan University, and former chief economist of the Venezuelan National Assembly.

Not much is resolved as both argue their positions. Izarra saying RCTV was not shut down, but its license revoked due to its role in the 2002 coup.

There is no political -- how do you say that? -- punishment being imposed on RCTV because of their editorial line. In fact, 78% of the concessions in VHF in Venezuela are in private hands, most of them aligned with the opposition. 82% of the concessions in the UHF spectrum are also in private hands, also most of them aligned with the opposition. So what we have here, again, is just an administrative procedure that is being used with political purpose to advance another coup d'etat. There's another coup d'etat effort on the way in Venezuela, just like we had in the past.

I must remind you, the sixty-four days of oil sabotage that happened in our country, where the oil elite stopped oil production in Venezuela, supported by this private media. I must remind you that RCTV broadcast during sixty-four days thousands and thousands of TV spots, not commercials, only political messages, to take out of the government a legitimate and democratically elected government. If you have such an irresponsible operator doing what RCTV has been doing in our country for over five years, that license would be revoked immediately. If you have a private media being involved in the coup d'etat, like you had it happening in Venezuela, you would see, for sure, that channel taken off the air in the United States and its owners being put in jail.

And Rodriguez arguing that, in fact, the gov't is restricting free speech.

So, effectively, what the government is doing is that it's using licenses and it's using a set of other economic means, such as foreign exchange allegations, blacklisting of government opponents -- the government has published a list of 3.5 million people who signed the recall referendum against them, against the government, to intimidate them -- and it's using all of these means to try to quash out dissent in Venezuela. I think that's what's happening. And basically, I think we're looking at the breakdown of democracy in Venezuela.

For Immediate Release:
May 30, 2007
Press Conference June 1, 5PM Union Station; Honorably
Discharged Marine Adam Kokesh

Washington, DC: Former Marine Sergeant Adam Kokesh is embroiled in a conflict that could have major
implications for the free speech rights of veterans especially recent Vets who are in the Inactive Ready Reserve. Kokesh is facing an administrative hearing for his anti-war activities but recognizing the high stakes the military has offered a plea bargain. In response, Kokesh rejected the offer saying it risks the free speech right of vets and allow you to silence the voices of those whose experiences are most relevant in the most pressing debate before the nation.

Adam Kokesh was deployed to Fallujah and received an honorable discharge last November. Since then, he has become active with the national organization, Iraq Veterans Against the War. After participating in Operation First Casualty, a demonstration at which he wore parts of his utility uniform, he received a warning from Major Whyte, an active duty Marine Corps Major who had been assigned to investigate the incident. After replying with a strongly worded email, the Marine Corps decided to prosecute him and separate
him from the IRR with an Other Than Honorable
Discharge. He could have ignored the letter of
notification, but instead chose to exercise his right to challenge the decision in a hearing.
The implications of this hearing may be far reaching, as the prosecution of a member of the inactive reserves under these circumstances is unprecedented. At stake is the right of freedom of speech for the hundreds of thousands of members of the Inactive Ready Reserve, as well as the nation's right to get the unbiased truth out of Iraq. Last week, the prosecuting attorney, Captain Sibert, offered Kokesh a general discharge. To accept this would be to allow the Marines to say that members of the IRR do not have freedom of speech, so naturally, he declined.

Adam Kokesh is represented by Mike Lebowitz and Eric Seitz.

In this modern day of right-wing psychosis running epidemic in the land, examples of reason and logic that persist, such as Wikipedia, (despite the enormous forces elsewhere to disrupt and discredit science and arts), shine as brilliant beacons to what mankind may one day safely be.

As I write this, "Today's featured article", in Wikipedia is "Smells Like Teen Spirit":

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, and the opening track and lead single from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind. Written by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and produced by Butch Vig, the song uses a verse-chorus form where the main four-chord riff is used during the intro and chorus to create an alternating loud and quiet dynamic.

I remember driving over 50 miles round-trip just to buy that CD, back then.

The "On this day" Wikipedia today links to:

The Godiva Procession, a commemoration held in honour of Lady Godiva's naked ride on horseback (pictured) through the streets of Coventry, England in protest against her husband's treatment of the citizens, began.