[continued from previous message]   
      
   > if "Geek, Esq." is indeed even a lawyer, and by his own admission he   
   > jumped to a conclusion before he'd even read Lipscomb's article closely,   
   > and now continues to defend that conclusion without bringing any new   
   > source material to the table — I rather doubt that Geek has those   
   > qualifications either.  Indeed, as stated in my introduction to this post,   
   > the reason I put this post up to begin with was to provide wider access to   
   > the relevant statutes (which are otherwise very hard to track down), and   
   > to solicit and encourage the exchange of further pertinent information.   
   >   
   > ----------------------   
   >   
   > Update (Wed Oct 13 @ 5:25pm):  Okay, lots going on in the comments.  I   
   > want to thank, and commend, everyone who's commented or emailed me,   
   > definitely including the skeptics.   
   >   
   > Since my previous update, one speculative but innocuous scenario has   
   > occurred to me that I ought to mention here, rather than just in comments.   
   > Perhaps in 1978, the DoD or the Navy Department was doing a mass review of   
   > its reserves rolls trying to winnow out those who'd been completely   
   > inactive for a long time.  It is conceivable, I suppose, that they'd have   
   > convened a board of officers for the purpose of approving unconsented-to   
   > honorable discharges of officers with more than three years' service,   
   > which section 1163(a) would seem to require absent specific consent from   
   > the affected individuals.  That's obviously speculation, but it might   
   > explain a reference in the Claytor letter to section 1163 that would not   
   > necessarily imply a previous involuntary discharge on a less-than-   
   > honorable basis.   
   >   
   > Again, however, it seems that the cleanest way for all this to be cleared   
   > up would be for Sen. Kerry to sign Standard Form 180.   
   >   
   > https://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2004/10/was_kerrys_orig.html   
      
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