THERES SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON HERE
Why are none of the markings on the USA Today versions? You cant erase pen and marker ink. This would imply that USAT had these documents before CBS got them. If CBS could have I'm sure they would have released dodcuments without the pen marks and the longmont blackout.
So the question is why does USA Today have clean versions, while CBS was forced to use marked up versions?
These memos are useful for at least one thing:
The typing technology of the day made it difficult to center text (as with just about everything these "magical" memos do all too effortlessly).
Any complaints that the letterhead is too perfectly centered could be countered with the argument that the letterhead was pre-printed on the originals.
But the memo with the incomplete letterhead proves the letterheads were not pre-printed.
It's easy to speculate about the quality of Times Roman fonts available to typists in 1972. But it's impossible to center text that perfectly without a computer, even now.
BTTT
It needs to be investigate. If proved true, this is a serious (Watergate like) offense. It is an attempt to influence our country's election process through deceit.
Not that much different than stealing documents.
Ahem... Mr Berger.
John "the Forger" Kerry?