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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Col. Boylan's denial

A response to the first clear denial of e-mail authorship from Gen. Petraeus' spokesman.

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007 07:22 AM

    If Col. Boylan didn't write this...

    ...someone with access to his .mil network did. This is a serious violation of policy. The fact that Boylan seems relatively unconcerned that someone is supposedly impersonating him -- someone with access to his network -- is proof to me that he is lying.

    If a "fake" email came from someone in my company, there'd be an inquiry, and we're a pretty laid back workplace -- not the military in Iraq!

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