DUer gets response from Forensic Document Examiner

9/11/04

[lowbridge]

The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-11-04 06:12 PM Original message

I received a reply from "expert" who was quoted by Freepers

regarding the memos:

My examination was based on a number of factors. Perhaps the most important thing ... I could find no typewriter font (including the IBM Executive) that matched exactly the Times font letter for letter in the questioned documents (there was always some difference/variation) in the questioned letters when compared with the database Times fonts for that time period. The "th" superscript could have existed on some IBM Selectrics, proportional spacing also existed, and Times fonts have been around a long time. However, I was able to produce in Microsoft Word a document that when compared with the questioned memos showed no significant differences in the letter forms, spacing, indentations, etc.

My findings were that the questioned letters/memos "very probably" were computer-generated using Word or WordPerfect. Without examining the original documents, I cannot be positive. Since then, more information has come to light that confirms my findings.

Thank you for your comments. They are appreciated.

Sandra Ramsey Lines
Forensic Document Examiner

"Since then, more information has come to light that confirms my findings. " ---Huh??????

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2340754

[struwwelpeter]

OK - I'll try to connect the dots. Has anybody compared the font in these documents to the font in John Kerry's released military service records?

On this thread there's some dispute about Kerry's Silver Star citation, which no one recalls writing or signing.

[wardaddy]

LOL Send over the medical team as the DUers begin slitting their wrists..

With all due respect, I believe we should be sending over more and sharper razors.

[NYCVirago]

And not so soon after that, this memo forgery occurs. FR is on it like white on rice. The DUers laugh at us, calling us "stupid" and "desperate" for saying the memos were forgeries. Only to watch our theories take off like a rocket and get covered all over the world by the mainstream media.

Well, Dan Rather did use their superscript theory in his report Friday. But he didn't even credit them for it!

[Libertina]

ROTFLOL Dear WarDaddy, ladies make those suggestions in more "sensitive" terms. You must read between the lines ;