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<p>Prayerful mom</p>

<p>I did some internet searches to see if I could read more about Lt. Cotton. Surprisingly, I can find mention of this letter only in blogs on the net. It does not seem to have been published anywhere in a newspaper (NYT or LAT or anywhere else). I did find this one comment about the name and the Lord of the Rings Reference at: </p>

<p><a href=“http://bokertov.typepad.com/btb/2006/06/the_bestlettert.html[/url]”>http://bokertov.typepad.com/btb/2006/06/the_bestlettert.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This letter seems to exist only on blogs that cite “powerlineblog.com” as their source, but that “source” doesn’t cite where the letter came from, and doesn’t seem to come from NYT’s anyway.
Very confusing, and sets up an easy (but perhaps not correct) argument that the letter may not be “all it appears to be”.
The letter seems to be circulating amongst certain blogs and some conservative talk radio (I believe Rush mentioned it and it seems he picked it off a blog as well), but not anywhere else.</p>