In the "Bush Wouldn't Verify His Own Name Without a Court Order" Department

From the mighty Skippy (and tell us, Skippy, that you will NOT stop calling them the AssPress):

although it's about four years too late, the asspress is suing to get copies of every piece of awol's military records. the (ironically) asspress reports:

the associated press asked a federal judge friday to order the pentagon to quickly turn over a full copy of president bush's military service record…

records released so far do not put to rest questions over whether bush fulfilled his national guard service for a period during the vietnam war, the ap argued in papers filed in federal court in new york.

those records came from federal records clearinghouses. texas law requires separate record keeping for state national guard service, and those records should exist on microfilm in austin, the ap said…

there also are allegations that potentially embarrassing material was removed from bush's military file in 1997, when he was running for re-election as texas governor, the ap said…

the news service asked u.s. district judge harold baer to hear arguments in the case and to direct the pentagon to comply with the foia request within three days…

the pentagon said in june that military payroll records that could more fully document bush's whereabouts during his service in the texas air national guard were inadvertently destroyed. and microfilm containing the pertinent national guard payroll records was damaged and could not be salvaged, according to the defense department.

thanks, asspress! better (four years) late than never!