That anti-Obama email that is circulating in people's emails?

Keith just said that a govt. employee was under investigation for forwarding it.]

Funny -- I am a govt. employee, and I got it.

I deleted it after scanning it, as I knew it was garbage.

Too bad I don't remember who sent it -- I would gladly have turned him or her in.

I wonder if he meant that they just forwarded it, or that they originated it and sent it out?

I posted an article on it over the weekend.

violation of the Hatch Act.

:hi:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/01/20/soldiers_warned_not_to_forward_bogus_chain_e_mail_using_military_computers/

Falsehoods spread
Soldiers warned not to forward bogus chain e-mail using military computers


Globe Staff / January 20, 2008

WASHINGTON - The military has warned soldiers not to use official computers to forward a chain e-mail that falsely accuses Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of being a Muslim who attended a radical Muslim school, saying distribution of the information is a violation of Army regulations and constitutes unlawful political activity.

The memorandum, dated Thursday, went out after the discredited claims about Obama's background were sent from an Army computer to what appear to be thousands of Army personnel worldwide.

"Currently there is a Chain Email floating around with the Subject line: 'Who is Barack Obama,' " states the official warning, which was sent to all personnel who work for Army Medical Command, based in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. "Like virtually all chain e-mails this one is false."

Further, the official warning adds, distributing the e-mail using military computers is a violation of several Army regulations that state that government communications equipment must be used only for official purposes and that their misuse could be punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Moreover, Army personnel were told that the political nature of the e-mail constitutes a violation of separate regulations that explicitly bar the military from engaging in any political activities while on duty, saying "the subject email falls under the realm of prohibited political activity."





Good to see ya, Catwoman. :hi:

It's that people actually believe it. Same thing with the swift boat smear, I wish I had more faith in the american people, but I don't, they'll buy this ridiculous tripe and vote based on it.