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p> STILL WAITING, SENATOR br> Re: The Prowler's Doing a 180 : /p>

Okay, let's accept as fact that he has signed the form. That doesn't mean he has sent it to the Pentagon for processing. And at the rate he's been moving, it'll take him another couple of years to find a stamp, lick it, affix it to an envelope, and drop the form in a mailbox.

Then, assuming that the Pentagon doesn't just make several thousand copies of everything in the file and distribute to every media outlet in the country -- that there is some sort of opportunity for the requestor to review the material -- Kerry may well take another few years in this process.

Then there is likely to be some back and forth between Kerry and the Pentagon -- some alleged inaccuracies, some challenges -- that could easily take years more.

Once these disputes are resolved comes the time-consuming task of actually preparing the material for public release -- copying, collating, stapling, and the like. Chalk up another few years.

Best estimate is that sometime around mid-century Kerry's records will see the light of day.

p>That is if he doesn't announce, on or about his 100th birthday, that he actually had decided to release the files, before he decided against it. br> -- Chuck Vail /p>

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