AP News Sues for Access to Bush National Guard Records

• Originally published by the Associated Press on Fox News [here] on 6/23/2004

    The Associated Press sued the  Pentagon  and the Air Force on Tuesday, seeking access to all records of  George W. Bush's  military service during the Vietnam War. Filed in federal court in New York, where The AP is headquartered, the lawsuit seeks access to a copy of Bush's microfilmed personnel file from the  Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin.
    The White House says the government has already released all the records of Bush's military service. Controversy surrounds Bush's time in the  Texas Air National Guard because it is unclear from the record what duties he performed for the military when he was working on the political campaign of a U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama.
    There are questions as to whether the file provided to the news media earlier this year is complete, says the lawsuit, adding that these questions could possibly be answered by reviewing a copy of the microfilm of Bush's personnel file in the Texas archives.
    The Air National Guard of the United States, a federal entity, has control of the microfilm, which should be disclosed in its entirety under the  Freedom of Information Act, the lawsuit says.