[rolling_stone]

The documents used by CBS as well as their supposed vetting has been totally discredited..IMO their best bet is to retract and apologize to mitigate any possible damages...

yes I know dead people can't be defamed but it looks like a fraud on the family and the public to me as well as President Bush....Possibly the RNC could sue for loss of contributions...

Another possibility would be Unfair Business Practices, California has a liberal law against deceptive practices, Business & Profession Code Unfair Practices... anyone in the state has standing only need prove deception not fraud......probably easiest prove...

I would imagine Marcel Martel stating one thing in his "book" and then another on TV is deceptive...


interesting article on defaming the dead:
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20040312.html

[Pete98]

And just think...before Rush/Fox/Internet, all of these stories would have been accepted at face value.

[libstripper]

I doubt the RNC will be able to sue for a loss of contributions, because there probably isn't any. Indeed, I strongly suspect that the RNC, like the Swiftvets, only grows richer when the DemonRats try to perpetrate frauds like this one.

[CyberAnt]

According to jmstein7, there are several federal laws which have been broken. This is really serious stuff, forging military documents.