In today's world, virtually all professionals use digital cameras which (obviously) don't require dust removal in post-processing. This is a ridiculous excuse.
This post may be bogus. In addition to not being able to find the actual letter, and the fact that The Chronicle doesn't post addresses and phone numbers of letter writers, the area code for Mill Valley, CA is 415.
FOX News is a joke! They just broke away from the live story to the Cavuto tape. CNN was speaking to the on-scene spokesman. They've got this story all wrong.
"FOX reporting breakthrough, too..." Yeah, whenever the can break away from commercials and a tape of Neil Cavuto's show... amateur hour at FOX News...
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools, too?" -- Red Skelton from http://www.usflag.org/skeltons .pledge.html