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Kerry suborning perjury?
If true, this could be the next big bomb-drop for Team Kerry. Seems Kerry and his VVAW band of brothers elicited false testimony:
| Space Here | I apologize for the offtopic. Kerry solicited others to lie at the Winter Soldier investigation. Hat tip: Henry Mark Holzer’s FakeWarriors newsletter.
AFFIDAVIT OF STEVEN J. PITKIN STATE OF FLORIDA Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared Steven J. Pitkin, known, to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, who, after first being duly sworn by me, upon oath stated: 1. My name is Steven J. Pitkin. I am over the age of twenty-one years, and I am fully competent and able to make this affidavit. I am able to swear, as I do hereby swear, that all facts and statements contained in this affidavit are true and correct and within my personal knowledge. 2. I am a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, having served with the Ninth Division of the U.S. Army beginning 25 May 1969. A mortar explosion wounded me, my wounds gradually became infected, and I was treated in an Army hospital in Okinawa. I contracted hepatitis C from blood transfusions I received during that time. I was 3. Medals received for my Army service include: Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, RVN Cross of Gallantry, Air Medal, Purple Heart. 4. During my service in Vietnam, I neither witnessed nor participated in any American war crimes or atrocities against civilians, nor was I ever aware of any 5. Upon my return to the United States I encountered anti-war protestors who, at various times, threw feces, spit, and screamed obscenities. 6. I met Scott Camil, an organizer of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), at Catonsville Community College in Baltimore in 1970, and joined that organization. 7. In January of 1971, I rode in a van with Scott Camil, John Kerry, a national leader of the VVAW, and others from Washington D.C. to Detroit to attend the Winter 8. During the Winter Soldier Investigation, John Kerry and other leaders of that event pressured me to testify about American war crimes, despite my repeated 9. In April 1971, I attended a VVAW protest in Washington D.C. known as “Dewey Canyon III.” During this event I was present when protestors, including John Kerry, threw medals and ribbons over a fence outside the U.S. Capitol. I witnessed a man holding a bag of ribbons and medals and handing them out to other protestors. I saw that many of the ribbons and medals were not those that would be received by veterans of combat in Vietnam. 10. During the “Dewey Canyon III” protest, others and I confronted protestors who were wearing or carrying Vietcong flags. 11. After the “Dewey Canyon III” protest, I was no longer invited to meetings of the VVAW in Baltimore, and ended my association with the organization. 12. I joined the 5/20th Special Forces Group of the Maryland National Guard in 1974, was graduated from paratrooper “jump school” with honors in 1976, joined the Coast Guard in 1978 and served there until my retirement in May 1997. (signed) Steven J. Pitkin Further affiant saith not. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of August, 2004. Jonathan Feldman |
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This item was reported in a blog, so feel free to remain skeptical for a bit. We’ll see if this surfaces.
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