Senator Kerry spokesman stripped of Silver Star

[Hermie]

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/07/kerry_spokesman_stripped_of_silver_star.html
Thomas Lifson

John F. Kerry almost became president running on the basis of his alleged heroism in Vietnam. Thanks to the efforts of a group of truth-tellers, the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, the serious holes in the fantasy narrative propounded by the Kerry campaign came to the attention of enough Americans that John Kerry was not the first faux-Irish President of the United States.

One of Kerry's enablers in propounding his imaginary heroism was a man named Wade Sanders, who himself held a Silver Star, and who introduced Kerry to the Democratic Convention.
Scott Swett, who was central to the unraveling of the Kerry storyline, tells us that the Kerry enabler has been exposed for what he is. His Winter Soldier (http://www.wintersoldier.com/index.php?topic=New) site has the details:

John Kerry was introduced at the 2004 Democratic National Convention by Wade Sanders, a retired Navy Captain and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy who served as a Swift Boat officer in Vietnam. Like Kerry, Sanders was the recipient of a Silver Star for gallantry in action.

During the 2004 campaign, Sanders functioned as Kerry lead attack dog against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, repeatedly denouncing the veterans on the air as liars and comparing them to Nazi propagandists.

Wade Sanders is now in Federal prison, serving a 37-month sentence for possessing child pornography.

Now the Navy Times reports (http://www.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=179944&sid=a751c24c0d07cf22a148a45bb299b69d) that Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has revoked Sanders' Silver Star. The highly unusual decision appears unrelated to Sanders' felony conviction.

A Navy spokesman cited "subsequently determined facts and evidence surrounding both the incident for which the award was made and the processing of the award itself."

John Kerry has to be hoping this doesn't become a trend.

As one might imagine, the media has ignored this story.
Even the Navy Times declined to post its own article online.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/07/kerry_spokesman_stripped_of_silver_star.html

[mick silver]

like i always say if your tired of the show just wait a few more days . it always get better . we are seeing history . just how many people have cover one another asses

[palani]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Sanders


"I got caught in the net," Sanders said, "I'm not the kind of person they were after." Sanders said he had downloaded the files as part of his research for an article on sexual exploitation of children in foreign countries. He said his work for the Clinton administration had included aiding victims of child sex abuse in the former Yugoslavia. "I have no sexual attraction to children whatsoever," Sanders said. "There was no evil intent." Sanders also said he didn't realize federal child pornography laws barred downloading or viewing the material even by researchers. He said that is why he decided to plead guilty. "I thought since my motives were pure and innocent, that would make a difference," he said, but agreed he was technically guilty of the crime.[4]

On May 4, 2009, Sanders was sentenced to 37 months in prison. At his sentencing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alessandra Serano said an analysis of the seized computers showed that Sanders viewed all kinds of pornography frequently, and that the child pornography was downloaded to his computer as early as 2003. There was no evidence to show he was engaged in a long-term research project, which undercut Sanders' central claim. The sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Whelan was far less than the maximum term of 10 years, and less than the 63 months federal prosecutors were seeking. The U.S. Attorney's office recommended that Sanders be sent to a federal facility that treats sex offenders whose crimes did not include contact with victims.

At his sentencing, Sanders took responsibility for his actions, but also insisted he downloaded child pornography videos as part of a research project. "This is the hardest moment of my life,” Sanders told the judge. He said his years serving during the Vietnam War were a "a walk in the park" compared to this. He said he was not a pedophile, which several mental health experts who examined him had concluded was true. "I know what I was doing, and I know why I was doing it," Sanders said, emphasizing that his interest was scholarly and not for arousal.[5][6]

[Glass]

I remember the story of this guy. No problems where he is at now.

I thought he had lost his swimming medal when I read the title.


He said his work for the Clinton administration had included aiding victims of child sex abuse in the former Yugoslavia.

I thought this was telling. Consulted for DynCorp or someone perhaps....