Exactly - The media will get away with saying that there was no link and that will be that and the public will believe them.
No they won't. This worked out Beautifully to Bush's Advantage, because Comrade Kerry wasn't smart enought to keep his mouth shut until it played OUT in the press. Hanoi John was running off at the mouth from the git-go.
I would expect to see a repeat of the "Pessimism" Commercial, contrasting the Report, Hamilton, and then Kerry's claims of Lying.
Write letters to the editor.