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Was george Bush Wired ? 11.10.04(Channel4 News [ITN]) close X Running Time Approximately: 6.5 minutes Playlist Order: [Forward] Was george Bush Wired ? SOURCE SITE: Channel 4 News It all centres on that mystery bulge in the back of President Bush's jacket as he faced John Kerry. Was it a wire, so an aide could prompt him with lines? Or just, as the White House claims, a bulky seam? As the internet spills over with video clips and testimony from audio-technology experts to the man who made the President's suit, we ask : was Bush really wired for sound? A concealed radio receiver or innocently creased cloth? Never has the hang of a President’s jacket attracted so much attention. Within days, rumours that Bush cheated in the first Presidential debate appeared on blogs and message boards. Now several sites have emerged devoted entirely to the rumour. Mysterybulge.com scrutinises every thread of evidence that the suit concealed a secret audio-prompter. Isbushwired.com pours over photographic evidence allegedly showing bulges and ear-pieces on other occasions. The online rumour mill says the bulge is a radio receiver with wire called an induction loop feeding key points wirelessly to a hearing aide-type device concealed in the President’s ear. The still photographs they're using to back it up show a conspicuously bulge – but is it too large perhaps? “Last week I looked at 28 photographs and without question, given his movement, it could not be a crease because it was consistent all the way through so what I can confirm is that he did have a bump between his shoulder blades horizontally about 2 inches wide and about half an inch deep, I would have said. The developments and what's available to the president are such that I'd of thought that's rather ungainly and certainly I wouldn't have positioned it there if indeed he was going to have a device you would want to have it out of the way. I'd have positioned it under his armpit or something like that” Glenmore Trenear-Harvey, Intelligence Analyst The websites cite Bush’s apparently odd behaviour during the debate as further evidence of a hidden coach. Like mysteriously asking not to be interrupted when he clearly wasn’t. Could it have been the voice of senior Bush advisor Karl Rove steering the debate against Kerry? Instead of leaping on the rumours the Kerry campaign dismiss it outright. If someone was coaching, they're quoted as saying, they weren't doing a very good job. The White House hasn't commented on the bump, but the Bush camp are laughing off the allegation as the work of leftwing conspiracists. At the weekend the President's tailor, Georges de Paris, entered the fray dismissing the bump as a rouche in his jacket. But one Saville Row tailor didn't think that explanation measured up: Channel 4 News: How could I have a bulge in my suit? William Hunt, tailor: well not unless you're from Notre Dame then I can't see how it would work really. Channel 4 News: What if I lean forward? He was leaning forward on his lectern like that.. William Hunt: It's perfectly flat across your back isn't it. It's pulled a little bit tight here but there's certainly nothing sticking out Channel 4 News: What if I stand up? William Hunt:This jacket is a little tight across the back for you but I can't see how you'd have anything unless you were concealing something. And it's not as if John Kerry is blog-proof. He's accused of taking a cheat-sheet into the debate. His campaign say it was just a pen. Web chatter has plagued politicians in the past - the Lewinsky scandal began online. But this time bloggers have exploited the web to weave together stills, video clips and hearsay to the point where now even respected American broad-sheets are asking questions. Tools Swell Models

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