-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 3:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BUSH ALSO DRAFT-DODGER?? Deposition 9/22 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Cupit) AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Friday, September 10 Barnes must answer questions about Bush By Dave Harmon American-Statesman Staff Friday, September 10, 1999 A federal judge declined to give former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes protection from testifying about whether he helped Gov. George W. Bush get into the National Guard and avoid active military duty in Vietnam in 1968. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks on Thursday denied Barnes' request for a protective order, but Barnes received some breathing room when his deposition, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed until Sept. 22. Barnes will be questioned under oath by lawyers for former state Lottery Director Lawrence Littwin, who has filed a lawsuit against Gtech -- the company contracted to run the Texas Lottery -- claiming Gtech was behind his firing by the Lottery Commission in 1997. Barnes, Gtech's former top Texas consultant, isn't a defendant in the lawsuit. But Littwin's lawyers are hoping to prove their theory that Barnes, while House speaker in 1968, helped Bush get into the Guard and that decades later -- when Barnes was at Gtech and Bush was in the governor's mansion -- Bush returned the favor by pressuring the Lottery Commission to fire Littwin as he tried to open the state's lucrative lottery contract for bidding by other companies. Both Bush and Barnes have denied any role in Littwin's termination, which came eight months after Barnes left Gtech. "I didn't ask for any help; my dad didn't ask for any help," Bush reiterated Thursday. Barnes' attorneys called Littwin's subpoena of Barnes a "fishing expedition" and argued in court papers that executive privilege protects Barnes from questions about his role in recommending people for the National Guard. Sparks chided Barnes' lawyers for waiting until less than 24 hours before the scheduled deposition to stop the questioning. Littwin's lawyers could not be reached for comment. Charles Burton of Austin, one of Barnes' lawyers, declined to comment about why the deposition was postponed. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
