I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but then that would mean they "misunderestimated" Dubya's cleverness and savvy and Dan Rather's stupidity, wouldn't it? What a dilemma for them!
"How long until the NYT or some op ed "journalist" accuses W of releasing them to fool CBS?"
Not long at all. The UK Telegraph had an article this morning (which we aren't allowed to post on FR) which said the documents were a hoax given to CBS by Bush supporters!
You've got a point. But maybe that's where Karl Rove comes in. He'll be accused before the end of the week. I bet the democrat underground is already frothing at the mouth to accuse Rove, Haliburton, Cheney, Oil, Unregulated Internet.....