End Notes for To Set The Record Straight - Part 2

Chapter 8: The Perfect Political Storm

1. Scott Swett, posting as "Admin" to "Incoming," WinterSoldier.com, July 2004.
2. John Kerry, acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, July 29, 2004.
3. Interview with Dr. Jerome Corsi, November 2004.
4. Jim VandeHei and Mary Fitzgerald, "McCain Criticizes Ad Attacking Kerry on Vietnam War Record," Washington Post, August 6, 2004.
5. "Any Questions?" SwiftVets.com, TV Ads and Videos section, August 4, 2004.
6. Interview with Weymouth Symmes, January 2007.
7. Scott Swett, emails, August 2004.
8. "Latest News," SwiftVets.com.
9. VandeHei and Mary Fitzgerald, "McCain Criticizes Ad Attacking Kerry on Vietnam War Record."
10. Admiral Roy Hoffmann, "Response to Senator John McCain," SwiftVets.com, August 6, 2004.
11. "McCain: Hanoi Hilton Jailers Used Kerry Speech Against Us," NewsMax.com, August 5, 2004.
12. Letter from Kerry-Edwards 2004 General Counsel Marc Elias and Democratic National Committee General Counsel Joseph Sandler to TV station managers, August 5, 2004.
13. Michael Kranish, "Veteran Retracts Criticism of Kerry," Boston Globe, August 6, 2004.
14. Interview with George Elliott, September 2006.
15. "Affidavit of George Elliott," August 6, 2004.
16. John O'Neill, press release, August 6, 2004.
17. Scott Swett, email to Swift Vet leaders, August 6, 2004.
18. Interview with Weymouth Symmes, January 2007.
19. Tom Infield and Ron Hutcheson, "Kerry foes: Book is what sparked ire," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 27, 2004.
20. Interview with Mike Russell, February 2006.
21. "Boston Globe 'Reporter' Commissioned to Write Campaign Book Foreword - While Covering Kerry," DrudgeReport.com.
22. "Washington Prowler," The American Spectator, August 10, 2004.
23. Bill Sammon, Strategery: How George W. Bush Is Defeating Terrorists, Outwitting Democrats, and Confounding the Mainstream Media (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2006), 101.
24. M&M Communications, Inc., press release, "New Video Rocks the Boat for John Kerry," ReadMyLipz.com, August 13, 2004.
25. Annenberg Election Survey, August 20, 2004.
26. John Carlisle, "In Battle of 527 Groups, Conservatives Do More With Less," CNSNews.com, November 24, 2004.
27. Democracy in Action, "Some Responses to the 'Swift Boat Veterans for Truth' Ad."
28. Kathleen Antrim, "Backlash of Kerry Claims," San Francisco Examiner, August 13, 2004.
29. "The Vets Attack," Newsweek, November 15, 2004.
30. Ibid.
31. MoveOn PAC, press release announcing release of TV ad Swift Response, August 16, 2004.
32. John O'Neill, remarks at Swift Vets and POWs for Truth dinner, Philadelphia, December 4, 2004.
33. Howard Kurtz, "MoveOn.org's Swift Response to Anti-Kerry Ad," Washington Post, August 17, 2004.
34. Laura Blumenfeld, "Billionaire Soros Takes On Bush," Washington Post, November 11, 2003.
35. "Who is George Soros?" Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2003.
36. "TV Ad Demands Bush Get Allies to Cease Swift Boat Smear Campaign," FreeRepublic.com, August 16, 2004.
37. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, press release, "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Respond to MoveOn PAC's Ad Campaign," SwiftVets.com, August 16, 2004.
38. Statement by Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, August 18, 2004.
39. "Hentoff: Kerry in War Record Cover-up," NewsMax.com, August 23, 2004.
40. "Can't Buy Me Love," The American Spectator, August 19, 2004.
41. Greyhawk, "Across the Great Divide," MudvilleGazette.com, August 20, 2004.
42. John Kerry and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, The New Soldier, edited by David Thorne and George Butler (New York: Macmillan, 1971), excerpted at WinterSoldier.com.
43. "Kerry: Bush lets attack ads do 'dirty work'," CNN.com, August 20, 2004.
44. "Kerry blasts Bush over veterans' ad," MSNBC.com, August 19, 2004.
45. Such as Jim Geraghty, "Mother of all backlashes, huh?" National Review Online, August 20, 2004.
46. Wolf Blitzer, "President Bush enters Swift boat fray," CNN.com, August 23, 2004.
47. Bob Hahn, webmaster, records of activity at SwiftVets.com.
48. Jonathan V. Last, "The Not-So-Swift Mainstream Media," Weekly Standard, September 6, 2004.
49. Ann Coulter, "Admitted War Criminal Cries Foul," AnnCoulter.com, August 25, 2004.
50. Kerry-Edwards 2004, Rassmann, TV ad, August 19, 2004.
51. Kerry-Edwards 2004, Issues, TV ad, August 22, 2004.
52. Eric Boehlert, "Unfit for bookstores," Salon.com, August 19, 2004.
53. Media Matters for America, press release, August 20, 2004.
54. "O'Neill Dares Kerry: 'Sue Me'," NewsMax.com, August 22, 2004.
55. Sellout, SwiftVets.com, TV Ads and Videos section, August 20, 2004.
56. "Newsweek Prints False Claim About Swift Boat Ads," Media Research Center, November 8, 2004.
57. The sentence now reads, "When the Swift Boat vets made ads attacking Kerry with images from his 1971 testimony, they used an audio tape, but not video." "The Vets Attack," Newsweek, November 15, 2004.
58. Colloff, "Sunk."
59. Kate Zernike and Jim Rutenberg, "Friendly Fire: The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad," New York Times, August 20, 2004.
60. Michael Novak, "A Matter of Honor," National Review Online, August 24, 2004.
61. Josh White and Brian Faler, "Some Veterans Still Bitter at Talk of Crimes," Washington Post, August 21, 2004.
62. CNN Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer, August 22, 2004, transcript at CNN.com.
63. Interview with Weymouth Symmes, January 2007.
64. "Kerry Phones Swift Boat Foes," DrudgeReport.com, August 24, 2004.
65. Maureen Dowd, "Kerry: Slo-Mo on Swifties," New York Times, August 22, 2004.
66. Major Garrett, Special Report with Brit Hume, August 23, 2004.
67. Leslie Wetzel, "Bush Campaign Lawyer Quits Over Ties to Vet Group," Talon News, August 26, 2004.
68. "Political drama unfolds as letter carriers fail to deliver," CNN.com, August 26, 2004.
69. Letter from Democratic Senators to President Bush; reply letter from Republican Texas veterans to Senator Kerry, August 25, 2004.
70. Tina Brown, "Old Warriors Giving Their Last, Worst Shot," Washington Post, August 26, 2004.
71. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
72. Gunner, SwiftVets.com, TV Ads and Videos section, August 26, 2004.
73. Interview with Weymouth Symmes, January 2007. Also see John O'Neill, remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), February 18, 2005.
74. Christopher Hitchens, "Bring on the Mud," The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2004.
75. Michael Getler, "Swift Boat Shootout," Washington Post, August 29, 2004.
76. See for example, "Navy records appear to support Kerry's version," MSNBC.com, August 25, 2004.
77. "The Vets Attack."
78. Bill Franke, December 2004.
79. Interview with Mike Russell, February 2006.
80. Interview with Michael Wolff, trailer for Steve Rosenbaum, Inside the Bubble (2005).
81. For liberal 527 expenditures, see Josephine Hearn, "Dems Missing Big Donors," The Hill, September 7, 2006.
82. Sammon, Strategery, 104.
83. "The Vets Attack."
84. Mark Leibovich and Jim VandeHei, "New Blood at Heart of Kerry Campaign," Washington Post, September 17, 2004.
85. "Momentum Shifts to Bush: Big GOP Bounce After RNC Convention," Survey USA, September 3, 2004.

Chapter 9: An Unforgettable Cambodian Christmas

1. John Kerry, quoted in Laura Blumenfeld, "John Kerry: Hunter, Dreamer, Realist," Washington Post, June 1, 2003.
2. Insight Online's articles have been removed from the Internet. Waller's article "Vietnam Vet Kerry Told Senate He Saw Military Action in Cambodia" is preserved at FreeRepublic.com and other sites.
3. Dr. J. Michael Waller biography at Center for Security Policy.
4. Interview with J. Michael Waller, February 2006.
5. "Vietnam Vet Kerry Told Senate He Saw Military Action in Cambodia," FreeRepublic.com, May 17, 2004.
6. Interview with John O'Neill, July 2006.
7. Dr. Jerome Corsi, interview on The Inquisition with Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler, Rightalk.com, October 11, 2004.
8. KerryHaters.blogspot.com, May 21, 2004.
9. Kerry's review of Apocalypse Now was published in the Boston Herald, October 14, 1979.
10. Vietnam Veterans Against the War, press release, February 2, 1971.
11. Michael Kranish, "Heroism, and growing concern about war," Part 2 of "John F. Kerry: Candidate in the Making," Boston Globe, June 16, 2003.
12. Michael Kranish, Brian C. Mooney, and Nina J. Easton, John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best (New York: Public Affairs, 2004), 84.
13. Instapundit.com, August 10, 2004.
14. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 218.
15. Ibid., 324.
16. John O'Neill and Jerome Corsi, Unfit for Command (Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2004), 47-48.
17. Ibid., 49.
18. "Christmas in 'Cambodia' (Unfit for Command)," FreeRepublic.com, August 5, 2004.
19. "Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia," NationalReview.com, August 6, 2004.
20. "Hugh Hewitt on Swift Vets and 'Christmas in Cambodia'," FreeRepublic.com, August 6, 2004.
21. Instapundit.com, August 8, 2004.
22. "A Cite For Swiftee Eyes - A New 'Kerry In Cambodia'," JustOneMinute, August 8, 2004.
23. "Christmas In Cambodia, Part II: Not Without My Shipmates," Captain's Quarters, August 8, 2004.
24. DrudgeReport.com, August 8, 2004.
25. HughHewitt.com, August 9, 2004.
26. John O'Sullivan, "Truth bound to come out on Kerry military duty," Chicago Sun-Times, August 10, 2004.
27. Byron York, "Kerry's 'Christmas in Cambodia'," National Review Online, August 10, 2004.
28. "John Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia," SwiftVets.com, August 10, 2004.
29. Hugh Hewitt, "Kerry's SWIFT Meltdown," WorldNetDaily.com, August 11, 2004.
30. "Kerry's Cambodia Claims Scrutinized," FOX News, August 11, 2004.
31. "Kerry's Latest Flip-Flop, Cambodia," HumanEventsOnline.com, August 11, 2004.
32. "Kerry's Cambodia Confusion," Washington Times, August 13, 2004.
33. Scott Swett, posting as "Admin" to "Incoming," WinterSoldier.com.
34. Laura Blumenfeld, "John Kerry: Hunter, Dreamer, Realist," Washington Post, June 1, 2003.
35. Russ Vaughn, "The Night Before Christmas (Cambodian version)," copyright 2004 by Russ Vaughn, WinterSoldier.com.
36. Andrew Antippas, "Fact and Fiction," Washington Times, August 13, 2004.
37. John O'Neill interview with Pat Robertson, "Unfit For Command: Vietnam Vet Recalls Serving with John Kerry," CBN.com, August 13, 2004.
38. David Rennie, "Kerry's Confusion Over Cambodia," The Daily Telegraph, August 13, 2004.
39. Robert L. Pollock, "Holiday in Cambodia," OpinionJournal, August 16, 2004.
40. Michael Kranish, "Kerry disputes allegations on Cambodia," Boston Globe, August 18, 2004.
41. John H. Hinderaker and Scott W. Johnson, "Unwrapping Kerry's story of Christmas in Cambodia," Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 18, 2004.
42. "Debating Kerry's Vietnam Record," FOX News Sunday, August 22, 2004.
43. Kranish, "Kerry disputes allegations on Cambodia."
44. Thomas Lipscomb, "Swimming to Cambodia," The American Spectator, August 16, 2004.
45. CNN Newsnight with Aaron Brown, August 24, 2004, CNN.
46. "What goes around comes around: O'Neill lied about being in Cambodia during the Vietnam War," Media Matters, August 25, 2004.
47. "Who's Telling the Truth in the Kerry Ad Controversy?" Hannity & Colmes, August 25, 2004.
48. Joshua Muravchik, "Kerry's Cambodia Whopper," Washington Post, August 24, 2004.
49. Mark Steyn, "John Kerry's Real 'Band of Brothers'," Rumor Mill News Agency, August 25, 2004.
50. "Gunner" advertisement, SwiftVets.com, August 26, 2004.
51. John Hawkins, "An Interview With John O'Neill," Right Wing News, September 7, 2004.
52. Meet the Press with Tim Russert, January 30, 2005, transcript at MSNBC.com.
53. "So Many Names, So Little Capacity for Thought," Captain's Quarters, January 31, 2005.
54. Dr. Jerome Corsi, "John Kerry - Sign Standard Form 180," WorldNetDaily.com, February 4, 2005.
55. "John Kerry's Vietnam War Journal," The Boston Globe.

Chapter 10: An Incident on the Bay Hap River

1. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, Third Purple Heart, mini-documentary, SwiftVets.com, October 28, 2004.
2. Patrick Healy, "Vietnam Duality Challenges Kerry," Boston Globe, September 6, 2004.
3. See for example "A 'pumped' Kerry arrives in Boston: Democrat makes splashy entrance a day before accepting nomination," MSNBC.com, July 28, 2004.
4. Press release, "Kerry Reunites with Fellow Veteran in Iowa," JohnKerry.com, January 17, 2004.
5. Carla Marinucci, "Defining moment for Kerry," San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2004.
6. Tomas Alex Tizon, "Repaying a Big Debt to Lt. Kerry," Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2004.
7. Andrea Stone, "Vietnam lessons shape Kerry as a leader," USA Today, April 13, 2004.
8. "A Remarkable Promise," video shown at the Democratic National Convention, July 29, 2004.
9. Byron York, "Swift Boat Veterans vs. Kerry's Movie," National Review Online, July 30, 2004.
10. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 90-92.
11. John O'Neill, address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, September 10, 2004.
12. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 89.
13. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, "No Man Left Behind" and "Third Purple Heart" mini-documentaries, SwiftVets.com, October 28, 2004.
14. Interview with Steve Sherman, February 2007.
15. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
16. The Nung were ethnic Chinese who had signed up to fight with U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.
17. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
18. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
19. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
20. John Kerry, "Personnel Casualty Report," filed 140830Z Mar69, NAVFORV TG 115.4 Casualty Reports, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC.
21. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 313.
22. Kranish, Mooney, and Easton, John F. Kerry, 105.
23. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 311.
24. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
25. Interview with Jack Chenoweth, March 2007.
26. Michael Dobbs, "Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete," Washington Post, August 22, 2004.
27. Interview with Larry Thurlow, March 2007.
28. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, No Man Left Behind, mini-documentary, SwiftVets.com, October 28, 2004.
29. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
30. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
31. Interview with Robert Hornberger, March 2007.
32. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, No Man Left Behind, mini-documentary.
33. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
34. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
35. Interview with Robert Lambert, March 2007.
36. Interview with Larry Thurlow, March 2007.
37. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
38. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
39. Jack Chenoweth, Jack, Vietnam diary entry for March 13, 1969. Hereafter cited as "Chenoweth Diary".
40. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, No Man Left Behind, mini-documentary.
41. John Kerry, eulogy for Thomas Belodeau, November 10, 1997, Senator Kerry, "Thomas M. Belodeau," United States Senate, 105th Congress, 2nd Session, Congressional Record, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1998), January 28, 1998, S186-S187.
42. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
43. Kranish, Mooney, and Easton, John F. Kerry, 106.
44. Interview with Bill Franke, December 2006.
45. Department of the Army, HQ, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, "General Orders 350," March 21, 1969.
46. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
47. Interview with John Tackett, February 2007.
48. The March 13 after-action report mentions the location of this mortar as Cai Nuoc. The range of a 4.2-inch mortar was about 5,650 meters.
49. Interview with Steve Sherman, February 2007.
50. Chenoweth Diary.
51. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
52. Chenoweth Diary.
53. Interview with Jack Chenoweth, March 2007.
54. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 91.
55. Ibid., 92.
56. Ibid., 91-92.
57. John Kerry, remarks to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 22, 1971, United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, 92nd Congress, 1st Session, Legislative Proposals Relating to the War in Southeast Asia: Hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 20 to May 27, 1971 (Washington, DC: GPO, 1971), 180-210.
58. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 76.
59. Byron York, "Statement of RADM William L. Schachte, Jr., USN (Ret.)," National Review Online, August 27, 2004.
60. Robert Novak, "Admiral speaks out, disputes Kerry's account of 1st wound," Chicago Sun-Times, August 27, 2004.
61. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, "John Kerry's First Purple Heart," SwiftVets.com. 62. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
63. Val McMurdie, "A Word From the Swift Boat Vets et al," Power Line, April 20, 2007.
64. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 57.
65. Ibid.
66. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, The Sampan Cover Up, mini-documentary, SwiftVets.com, October 28, 2004.
67. Zernike and Rutenberg, "Friendly Fire."
68. Coastal Division 11 Command History, March 1969, Folder Coastal Squadron 1, Post 1946 Command File, Box 853, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC.
69. Zernike and Rutenberg, "Friendly Fire."
70. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
71. Michael Dobbs, "Records Counter a Critic of Kerry," Washington Post, August 19, 2004.
72. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
73. Interview with Jack Chenoweth, March 2007.
74. "The River, The Mission, The Ambush," graphic display, Washington Post, August 22, 2004.
75. Interview with John O'Neill, July 2006.
76. "PTG" post on BeldarBlog, August 23, 2004.
77. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, "Statement by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Member Larry Thurlow," SwiftVets.com, August 19, 2004.
78. Larry Thurlow, press release, August 19, 2004.
79. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, "Statement by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Member Jack Chenoweth," SwiftVets.com, August 19, 2004.
80. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, "Statement by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Member Van Odell," SwiftVets.com, August 19, 2004.
81. Art Moore, "Kerry's 'fraudulent' report basis for military records," WorldNetDaily.com, August 19, 2004.
82. Dobbs, "Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete."
83. Paul Fattig, "Swift boat memories," Mail Tribune (Oregon), August 26, 2004. 84. Interview with Robert Lambert, March 2007.
85. Jim Russell, "A veteran for truth," Telluride Daily Planet, August 20, 2004. 86. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
87. Interview with Robert Hornberger, March 2007.
88. Michael Dobbs, "Kerry's War Record," Washington Post, August 30, 2004. 89. Interview with Jack Chenoweth, March 2007.
90. Dobbs, "Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete."
91. Nicholas Lemann, "Fear and Favor," New Yorker, February 14, 2005.
92. Dobbs, "Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete."
93. Ibid.
94. Tom Infield and Meg Laughlin, "Swift boat group has morphed into a political machine," Philadelphia Inquirer, September 12, 2004.
95. Interview with Richard O'Connor, February 2007.
96. "Sea Float Operations and Tactics: Lessons Learned," COMNAVFORV Box 542, Folder: Tour of Duty Reports, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC.
97. Interview with John O'Neill, July 2006.
98. Thomas Lipscomb, "New Document Indicates Kerry Wrote Disputed Vietnam Report," New York Sun, October 1, 2004.
99. Peter N. Upton, LTJG, "The Death of PCF 43," April 13, 1969.
100. Upton, "The Death of PCF 43."
101. Weymouth D. Symmes, War on the Rivers (Missoula, Montana: Pictoral Histories Publishing Company, Inc., 2004), 122.
102. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 304.
103. George Elliott, email to John and Mary Bell, October 2005.
104. "Monthly Summary Report of War Operations," USCOC Winnebago (WHEC-40), Viet C.F. Non-Navy - USCG, Ron 3, November/December 1967 to March/April 1969, Folder January/February 1969, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC.
105. COMNAVFORV Box 200 TG-115.4, Reports March 1969, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC.
106. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, Third Purple Heart, mini-documentary (SwiftVets.com, October 28, 2004).
107. Interview with Thomas Wright, February 2007. Wright declined to name the other officers with whom he says he confronted Kerry.
108. Kranish, "Heroism, and growing concern about war."
109. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.

Chapter 11: On the Air, Under Fire

1. Interview with John O'Neill, The American Enterprise, May/June 2005.
2. "Previous Swift Vet and POW Appearances," schedule for August 5, 2004, SwiftVets.com.
3. "Anti-Kerry Group's TV Ad Questions Kerry's Record," Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics, August 5, 2004, CNN.
4. "Ad Questions John Kerry's Duty in Vietnam," Hannity & Colmes, August 5, 2004.
5. Interview with Bill Franke, April 2007.
6. "Campaign Ad Charges Senator Kerry Lied About His Service in Vietnam," American Morning, August 6, 2004, transcript at CNN.com.
7. See graphic by Kevin L. Kitchens, PEI Development.
8. See graphic at BlackFive.
9. John J. Miller, "The Douglas Brinkley Show: A historian who trumpets the greatness of John Kerry," National Review Online, June 29, 2004.
10. Bill O'Reilly, No Spin Zone, August 9, 2004.
11. "Is Kerry 'Unfit for Command?'," Hannity & Colmes, August 10, 2004, FOXNews.com.
12. Scarborough Country, August 10, 2004, MSNBC.com.
13. CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports, August 11, 2004, CNN.com.
14. Interview with Bill Franke, December 2006.
15. Ibid.
16. "Did John Kerry Misrepresent Vietnam Record?" CNN Crossfire, August 12, 2004, CNN.com.
17. Interview with John O'Neill, The American Enterprise, May/June 2005.
18. Hardball with Chris Matthews, August 12, 2004, MSNBC.com.
19. "War Record," NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, August 19, 2004.
20. Ibid.
21. Last, "The Not-So-Swift Mainstream Media."
22. Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com, August 20, 2004.
23. Ibid.
24. "John O'Neill," The Rush Limbaugh Show, August 23, 2004.
25. Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, media appearance list posted at SwiftVets.com.
26. Interview with Paul Galanti, November 2006.
27. "POWs Speak Out on Kerry's Testimony," Hannity & Colmes, September 9, 2004.
28. Interview with Paul Galanti, November 2006.
29. Interview with Del Sandusky, Florida Talks with Lynn Breidenback Show, September 17, 2004.
30. Interview with Van Odell, July 2006.
31. Interview with John O'Neill, December 2006.
32. Hardball with Chris Matthews, August 19, 2004, MSNBC.com.
33. Interview with Larry Thurlow, February 2007.
34. Interview with Jennifer Webster, May 2006.
35. Interview with John O'Neill, May 2007.
36. Ibid.
37. Hardball with Chris Matthews, September 23, 2004, MSNBC.com.
38. "ABCNEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MEMO SPARKS CONTROVERSY: BOTH SIDES NOT 'EQUALLY ACCOUNTABLE'," DrudgeReport.com, October 8, 2004.
39. David Horowitz and Richard Poe, The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006), 70-71.
40. Lowell Ponte, "The ABC's of Media Bias," FrontPageMagazine.com, October 14, 2004.
41. "George Stephanopoulos," biography, ABC News.
42. "Study finds press pro-Kerry," Washington Times, November 1, 2004.
43. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 293.
44. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 82.
45. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 293.
46. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 80-86.
47. O'Neill and Corsi. "Advantage Swift Vets," online-only epilogue to Unfit for Command, October 15, 2004, 38-9; Sea Lords Mission 270 after-action report, February 28, 1969.
48. George Elliott, "Affidavit of George Elliott," SwiftVets.com, August 6, 2004.
49. Scarborough Country, August 10, 2004.
50. Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer, "John Kerry's Mysterious Combat 'V'," FrontPageMagazine.com, August 20, 2004.
51. Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer, "John Kerry's Puzzling Silver Star Citations," FrontPageMagazine.com, August 24, 2004.
52. William Rood, "'This is what I saw that day'," Chicago Tribune, August 22, 2004.
53. O'Neill and Corsi. "Advantage Swift Vets," 18.
54. Rood, "'This is what I saw that day'."
55. O'Neill and Corsi, Unfit for Command, 84.
56. Rood, "'This is what I saw that day'."
57. Tim Jones, "Swift boat skipper: Kerry critics wrong," Chicago Tribune, August 22, 2004.
58. "Kerry Defender Rood Contradicted by Crewmate," NewsMax.com, August 21, 2004.
59. Tim Jones, "Swift boat skipper: Kerry critics wrong."
60. Andrew Morse, "What Happened in Kerry's Vietnam Battles? 'Nightline' Speaks to Witnesses of Disputed Firefights," ABC News, October 14, 2004.
61. Scott Swett, "Latest News," SwiftVets.com, October 15, 2004.
62. O'Neill and Corsi. "Advantage Swift Vets," 38-39; Sea Lords Mission 270 afteraction report, February 28, 1969.
63. "Interview with John O'Neill," Nightline, October 14, 2004, transcript at Swiftvets.com.
64. Brinkley, Tour of Duty, 296.
65. "Interview with John O'Neill," Nightline, October 14, 2004.
66. Ibid.
67. Swett, "Latest News," SwiftVets.com, October 15, 2004.
68. Thomas Sowell, "ABC News or ABC Spin," TownHall.com, October 20, 2004.
69. William Dyer, "Koppel vs. O'Neill: Nightline goes to Vietnam," BeldarBlog, October 16, 2004.
70. John O'Neill, interview on The Inquisition with Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler, Rightalk.com, October 25, 2004.
71. Scarborough Country, October 22, 2004, MSNBC.com.
72. Ibid.
73. John Hinderaker, "O'Donnell Goes Over the Waterfall," Power Line, October 23, 2004.
74. Michelle Malkin, "Lawrence O'Donnell and Liberals Unhinged," Michelle Malkin, October 22, 2004.
75. "Audio: O'Neill on Scarborough," SwiftVets.com, October 23, 2004.
76. James Taranto, "Angry Left Meltdown!", OpinionJournal, October 25, 2004.
77. John O'Neill, interview on The Inquisition with Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler, Rightalk.com, October 25, 2004.
78. Scarborough Country, October 25, 2004, MSNBC.com.
79. Howard Kurtz, "Campaign '04, Bar Trivia '05," Washington Post, November 1, 2004, C01.
80. Interview with John O'Neill, The American Enterprise, April/May 2005.
81. Ibid.
82. Interview with Jennifer Webster, May 2006.
83. Mary Laney, "How Kerry whistleblower suffered for truth," Chicago Sun-Times, November 29, 2004.
84. Steve Pietrzak, "Millennium's Response to the 11/29/04 Chicago Sun-Times Article about Steve Gardner," Millinfo.com, undated.
85. Laney, "How Kerry whistleblower suffered for truth."
86. Interview with Jennifer Webster, May 2006.
87. Interview with Steven Gardner, June 2007.
88. Interview with Charles Spencer, June 2007.
89. Ibid.
90. Interview with Steven Gardner.
91. Ibid.
92. Interview with Charles Spencer, June 2007.
93. DieHardDem, "Phone a Swift Boat Veteran for Truth," DailyKos.com, August 22, 2004.
94. Interview with Jack Chenoweth, March 2007.
95. John O'Neill, interview on The Inquisition with Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler, Rightalk.com, October 11, 2004.
96. John Fund, "'The Last Mission': The Swift Boat veterans gather to assess their impact on the campaign," OpinionJournal, November 15, 2004.
97. John Bono, "Psychoanalyzing the Left," Minion of the Great Satan, August 21, 2004.

Chapter 12: Blogs and Rumors of Blogs

1. "Hillary Clinton says Internet News Needs 'rethink'," February 11, 1998.
2. John O'Neill, remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference, February 18, 2005.
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5. John Hinderaker, Power Line, May 4, 2004.
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7. Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, August 4, 2004.
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15. John H. Hinderaker and Scott W. Johnson, "Unwrapping Kerry's story of Christmas in Cambodia."
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17. John Hinderaker, "A Further Response to Jim Boyd," Power Line, August 22, 2004.
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51. John Hinderaker, "The Blogosphere on Fire," Power Line, August 21, 2004.
52. Hugh Hewitt, Townhall.com, August 21, 2004.
53. "John Kerry Discusses Service in Vietnam: John Kerry Says Killing in War Permanently Changes Soldiers," ABC News, July 29, 2004.
54. Samuel Z. Goldhaber, "John Kerry: A Navy Dove Runs for Congress," Harvard Crimson, February 18, 1970.
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56. Richard Holbrooke, "Our Second Civil War," Washington Post, August 28, 2004.
57. Kranish, "Heroism, and growing concern about war."
58. James Taranto, "The Dogs of War," OpinonJournal, March 16, 2004.
59. John McCaslin, "VC Surfaces," Washington Times, August 25, 2004.
60. Rumblehog, Lucianne.com, August 25, 2004.
61. William Dyer, BeldarBlog, August 25, 2004.
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64. Hugh Hewitt, "Branded by the Left," WorldNetDaily.com, September 1, 2004.
65. Risko, "Updated Notes to the First Draft of the History."
66. Ed Driscoll, "Built For A 1972 Media," EdDriscoll.com, August 28, 2004.
67. John Hinderaker, "Hope Springs Eternal," Power Line, August 27, 2004.
68. William Dyer, "Funniest line I've heard today," BeldarBlog, August 20, 2004.
69. William Dyer, "A challenge to those who claim that the SwiftVets' allegations have been 'debunked' or are 'unsubstantiated'," BeldarBlog, September 25, 2004.
70. Interview with Scott Johnson, April 2007.
71. E.J. Dionne Jr., "Tests of a Smear Campaign," Washington Post, August 24, 2004.