the Human Reliability Program (Tx. Air Natl. Guard & Smirk) [View All]

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http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking-news-story.asp?submitDate=200431401040

Bush's partial history
Stringent military screening program may explain gaps on president's record

Some military researchers and a former Texas Guard lieutenant colonel believe the stringent regulations -- known as the Human Reliability Program -- may have been invoked to stop Bush from flying Texas Air National Guard jets in 1972.

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The Boston Globe, on the forefront of the issue, reported Feb. 12 that Bush's acknowledged 1972 suspension from flight status for failing to take a required physical should have generated an investigation and subsequent trail of documents, which have not been found.

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There is no mention of the Human Reliability Program in the documents released by the White House.

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Bush's pilot code was among those covered by Air Force Regulation 35-99, a previously undisclosed document recently obtained by The Spokesman-Review. Regulation 35-99 contains an extensive explanation of the Human Reliability Program.


Human reliability regulations were used to screen military personnel for their mental, physical and emotional fitness before granting them access to nuclear weapons and delivery systems.


Under the rules, pilots could be removed immediately from the cockpit for HRP issues,

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much more info about the Human Reliability Program and how the paperwork is missing and how now the freedom of infor. act has been overruled by the bushgang and no one at any agency will give out info or talk about Smirk's awol, etc.

(maybe this has already been discussed at DU?)