I'm afraid it is I who must burst yours (and you'll note I'm not on the "they're forgeries" train):
New Questions On Bush Guard Duty
excerpt:
But 60 Minutes has obtained a number of documents we are told were taken from Col. Killian's personal file. Among them, a never-before-seen memorandum from May 1972, where Killian writes that Lt. Bush called him to talk about "how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November."
Lt. Bush tells his commander "he is working on a campaign in Alabama…. and may not have time to take his physical." Killian adds that he thinks Lt. Bush has gone over his head, and is "talking to someone upstairs."
Col. Killian died in 1984. 60 Minutes consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic.
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In case the meaning zipped by you, CBS did not possess Killian's file, they were given documents by *somebody* (they don't name this entity) who represented the origins of the memos as coming from Killians personal file.
Since, as I've pointed out, the documents buttress George W. Bush, I don't see the point of why someone would concoct them, but you are wrong to say they came from the Pentagon and the sourcing is pure.
I wonder if there is still a Mrs. Killian alive?
Perhaps she could shed some light on this "personal file" issue?
UPDATE: I now have copies of the memos the White House released, and they are just versions that CBS faxed to the White House the day before the 60 Minutes segment aired. There's no indication that the White House had its own copies of these memos and had been sitting on them.Apologies.
As a result, CedarDave is back on the side of these being forgeries after wavering for a couple of hours.