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Old 22 January 2002, 03:20 PM #14 (permalink)
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My question is this...How do we know for certain that NO ONE else put in a report to support his claim??

After all, they took over two months before the award was announced. *I'm sure they weren't just twiddling their thumbs while trying to decide whether or not to award the VC to Bishop. *

Isn't it conceivable that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, put in a report that supported Bishop's claim??
Al,

I guess if they had evidence that collaborated Billy's CITAR, then I believe the award would NOT have taken 2 months to approve.

What I beleive is not important, the fact is Billy was awarded a VC. People argue the veracity of his CITAR but until some long lost document comes to the fore then I think we should let the poor bloke rest in peace, otherwise we are dealing with pure speculation.

As for your last question. Anything is possible, except maybe for Vin and Amy seeing eye to eye

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