How Convenient

Oops... I meant to file these but they "accidentally" fell into the shredder.

Bush military records 'destroyed'

You've got to be kidding me. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but it's way too suspicious that the exact time period "destroyed" is the exact time period in question:

It added that in 1996 and 1997 the microfilm records of "numerous service members" from the first quarter of 1969 and the third quarter of 1972 were ruined. Mr Bush's records from those two periods were among those lost, it said.

The 1969 period is not contentious for Mr Bush, as it is already known he was training to be a pilot at the time.

But in 1972 he moved to Alabama to work on a political campaign, and opponents say he failed to turn up for guard duties during this time.

The lost records might have thrown some light on whether he fulfilled his legal commitment, the paper said.