Posted on 09/09/2004 2:45:04 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
Amid questions raised on Internet weblogs about the authenticity of National Guard documents potentially damaging to President Bush, CBS News told WorldNetDaily it stands by its claims.
Spokeswoman Kelli Edwards said she was aware of the charge that the documents, purportedly produced in 1972 and 1973, appear to have been forged with a modern word processor.
"As is standard practice at CBS News, each of the documents broadcast on '60 Minutes' was thoroughly investigated by independent experts, and we are convinced of their authenticity," said Edwards.
Edwards refused to comment further, referring back to her statement as the final word.
Later, however, she sent an e-mail to WND, adding, "CBS verified the authenticity of the documents by talking to individuals who had seen the documents at the time they were written. These individuals were close associates of [Bush commander] Colonel Jerry Killian and confirm that the documents reflect his opinions at the time the documents were written."
A White House spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
CBS News has a copy of a memo here in pdf format.
Among the assertions "60 Minutes II" derived from the documents were that Bush's Texas Air National Guard squadron commander, Col. Killian, was pressed to embellish a performance evaluation and that Bush did not follow an order to report for a physical.
What?
The legal department at CBS is definitely working overtime tonight. The more I read, the more convinced I am that CBS is in BIG trouble here.
Sure they did.
Names, please.
BS
I want to know who supplied the documents and who the supposed document examiner was that CBS suppoesedly had examine them
"Killian died in 1984. 60 Minutes consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/06/politics/main641481.shtml
Unbelievable.
Essentially, they just trusted the people who gave them the docs.
So, the people who verified these documents are dead, just like the author?
pants on fire... cbs
And who are they and what proof do the have to back there story?
60 Minutes consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic."
Names, CBS, names. We want the names.
Apparantly, CBS's claim that you quoted above is not true, according to their own spokesperson's last email to WND.
Great, let them dig themselves deeper into a hole.
"These individuals were close associates of [Bush commander] Colonel Jerry Killian and confirm that the documents reflect his opinions at the time the documents were written."
Convenient since Killian is dead.
Can you believe this. "They reflect Killian's fellings at the time" Clear admission they are fake.
These must have been provided by the same person who wrote Kerry's after action reports.
"As is standard practice at CBS News, each of the documents broadcast on '60 Minutes' was thoroughly investigated by independent experts, and we are convinced of their authenticity," said Edwards
The so-called "independent experts" CBS consulted were:
Danh R. Ather
Paul B. Galla
Jaymes Carvylle
whose integrity and independence are beyond reproach.
The real story, my friends, is that the truth of any allegation against President Bush is of NO CONCERN to the MSM... it is enough for them to just throw as much crapola on the wall as possible and see if anything sticks.
If this garbage falls away tomorrow, you can bet Blather &Co will be back with all-new falsehoods next week.
We cannot rest until Nov 2....
Does the custody chain include Breger's pants?
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