“FRANK JONES says he’s angry about newly revealed memos that indicate President Bush got preferential treatment in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.” So reads the lede of an AP story released on Saturday, September 11.

But Frank Jones isn’t “angry” anymore. In fact, says Jones, who served in Vietnam in 1970 and 1971 before doing 16 years in the National Guard, “the memos have no bearing” and “the documents, to me, became irrelevant.” When he spoke on the telephone with THE DAILY STANDARD on Monday, he said the AP dispatch reflects “a good synopsis” of the conversation he had with AP writer Michael Gormley. However, he says, when the interview took place on Thursday or Friday, Gormley simply asked him if he was “aware of the memos,” without mentioning that their authenticity was questionable.