The children of Bill Burkett, the Rathegate “mastermind,” have started their own blog where they defend their father (Hat tip: Slings and Arrows). They are not guilty of forging government documents in Texas, but their father is.

There’s a war going on in America.

The result will define whether America remains a Democracy. The prize is the heart and soul of our country, the Constitutional freedoms and Bill of Rights we cherish and depend upon.

And someone has decided that our Dad is the enemy. George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the FreeRepublic terrorists would have you believe our Dad is a criminal. But he’s not. Others would have you believe he’s a liar. But his single small lie is pale in comparison to the many outrageous lies told by the media and others about him.

Bill Burkett might not be a liar, but he is when it comes to the bogus documents passed off by CBS as legit. The legality of the situation is that Burkett broke the law in Texas by forging government documents (Hat tip: Captain’s Quarters).

In Texas, the state in which Burkett concedes the false National Guard memos originated, it is a felony to make or present two or more documents with knowledge of their falsity and with intent that they be taken as a genuine governmental record. Under the U.S. Code, use of an interstate telephone wire, such as the one used to transmit an image of the forged documents from Texas to CBS headquarters, triggers federal jurisdiction.

Of course the defense of Burkett is that he was given these documents by a mystery woman named Lucy Ramirez who has yet to be identified. The State of Texas most likely will not press charges against Burkett for forging government documents, but the option remains on the table.

If Burkett were smart, and from the inconsistencies in both the documents and his statements after the fact suggest he is not, he would reveal who Lucy Ramirez is if she exists. Not only does the reputation of Burkett and his children lay on the line, but Bill Burkett’s free life might if Texas decides to indict him.

Cross posted at Backcountry Conservative

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