Jamie Irons

I just checked back at Powerline, and I think probably the writing isn’t quite as clear as it could be (I also read very quickly.)

Also, I haven’t followed the ins and outs of the witnesses, because it’s obvious the documents are forged–and because I’m assuming there’s going to be a lot of “noise” for the next few days before anything accurate begins to emerge. I’m planning to check back then.

(I’ve mentioned that I’m reading THE BIG STORY, Braestrup’s account of media reporting of the Tet offensive, and that’s one of his points: early reports are usually wrong.)

So my confusion may arise simply from the fact that I didn’t notice when Robert Strong first entered the story, and I don’t know what he’s doing there, or how important he is to the “defense.”

This passage threw me off:

In a follow-up conversation, Robert Strong told our correspondent that he worked with Jerry Killian in the Air National Guard from 1968 to the early 1970ÔøΩs. He said that he believed that the CBS documents were genuine, but admitted that he ÔøΩcannot vouch for the documentsÔøΩ authenticity.ÔøΩ Further, Strong said that he doesnÔøΩt think it matters whether the documents are genuine are not.

Now that I’m reading closely, I think what is being said here is that Strong didn’t lie to reporters, but merely confirmed that Killian didn’t like Bush, etc.

But I’m not entirely sure.