Posted on 09/11/2004 12:19:33 AM PDT by kattracks
September 11, 2004 -- CBS anchor Dan Rather hung tough last night and insisted there's no "definitive evidence" to refute the authenticity of documents about President Bush's National Guard service — but a growing number of document experts smell a hoax. "If any definitive evidence to the contrary of our story is found, we will report it. So far there is none," Rather insisted.He produced a man named Marcel Matley as the document vetter.
But Matley is primarily a handwriting expert whose expertise in document evaluation has been challenged by the head of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners.
Matley spoke only about a signature and initials purported to be those of the late Lt. Col. Jerry Killian — "they are his signatures" — though two of the four memos are unsigned.
Rather also acknowledged CBS has no originals, only photocopies.
Allan Haley — a typeface expert at Agfa Monotype — said anyone who claims to definitively authenticate a photocopy "is either guessing or is a fool."
In another challenge to CBS, Killian's boss, retired Maj. Gen. Bobby W. Hodges, told ABC News that he regards the documents as a computer "fraud," never saw them in the 1970s and didn't validate them for CBS.
A senior CBS official had claimed to the Washington Post that Hodges had validated the documents.
During his national news broadcast, Rather claimed "partisan political operatives" are challenging the memos but omitted the fact that Killian's widow and son dispute them.
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But Matley is primarily a handwriting expert whose expertise in document evaluation has been challenged by the head of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners.
What does this sort of sophistry tell us about CBS' assumptions about our intelligence?
I believe that is her pajamas.
Rather is a liar and should be fired.
CBS, Rather, Kerry, and the DNC are circling the bowl at an increasing rate of speed!
"go for the wallets..."
Pressure on the sponsors means pressure on the directors to force Rather to step down. FReep the sponsors!! CBS doesn't care what you think.
I wonder what those pajamas would bring on eBay.
Imagine what it's going to be like to prove that anonymous e-mails from the turn of the century are fake 40 years from now.
Excellent point. I was wondering the same thing. Even faced with overwhelming evidence that these memos are forgeries. The Demosocialists on all the cable talk shows are defending the indefensible.
Nam Vet
They're crooks!
I for one am emailing myself every single combination of every word in the english language, just so I can be an "expert whistleblower" 40 years from now.
"Matley comes up from Google as a "graphologist" and has authored books on how your handwriting shows your personallity."
CREDENTIALS:
Certification with commendation, Paul de Sainte Colombe Center, January 28, 1981
Awarded Charter Membership Certificate for professional excellence, Paul de Sainte Colombe Center, April 8, 1982.
Consultant and mentor to other document examiners.
Honorary membership, National Questioned Document Association, March 1992.
Consulted by Texas Education Agency, Proprietary Schools Div. and other agencies.
San Francisco Tax Registration Certificate. Expiration date: 12-31-95
Activity Approval, Committee on Minimum Continuing Legal Education, The State Bar of California, March 27, 1995
Anyone who pads their creds with a "tax registration certificate" becomes somewhat suspect to me right off the bat. None of the rest really looks all that exciting either.
This is the "expert" who certified the memos as authentic by looking at the signatures and initials on the memos that had even that minimal COPIED handwriting? Rather is toast.
cBS and Dan Rather are so transparent..I am so sick of the OLD MEDIA...I hope this blows up in the DIMs face...Leftists are so desperate..it is pathetic. Now next week it's gonna be the Kitty Kelley BS..I wrote NBC/Today a nasty email already....
Dan was probably so thrilled to have been given what he thought was a damaging piece of information about President Bush that he didn't want to find anything wrong with it.
Penny
LOL! Very good!
Did a google on Paul de.......
It's about pen and pencil therapy!!!!!!!! The guys a loon
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