[Brilliant]

I'm not sure if they are fakes. Certainly not "blatant" fakes. The thing about it that doesn't add up to me is the fact that the memos would be written at all. On top of that, the memos seem more geared toward making Bush look bad--almost as though intended for use in a future political campaign--than to accomplish any military or personnel purpose.

It's particularly interesting that the guy who supposedly wrote them is dead, and they suddenly appear out of nowhere, even though the military could not find them when they went thru his personnel file.

To me, it seems that if CBS is going to throw this out as "news" and claim that it is genuine, then it must tell us where and how it got the info. Let us decide.

[Right Wing Professor]

The thing about it that doesn't add up to me is the fact that the memos would be written at all. On top of that, the memos seem more geared toward making Bush look bad--almost as though intended for use in a future political campaign--than to accomplish any military or personnel purpose.

I agree. I mean, who puts in writing how he's doing this to CYA? And the language used in the August 18 memo is all wrong for 1973. The Oxford English dictionary cites the first use of the word 'feedback' in a non-scientific context in 1971, in a rock magazine. Think Lt. Col. Killian was a big fan of rock'n'roll?