Who Are CBS's Sources?

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[RatherBiased.com]

Who Are CBS's Sources?

In a new attack book to be released Tuesday by Doubleday entitled The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, author Kitty Kelley launches a broadside against the President George W. Bush, his wife, and his family. The book, which the White House has denounced as "garbage," features allegations such as a younger George W. Bush snorting cocaine at Camp David while his father was president.

Over at the liberal grassroots site IndyMedia, Pablo Kristophoros says that the disputed memos cited by CBS are in the book.

"The full details of George Bush's military service are in the new book by Kitty Kelley by the good offices of the Texas Veterans for Truth. This group has offered a large monetary reward for anyone who served in the Alabama Air National Guard with George W. Bush, but there have been no takers. There is a wealth of details in the 736-page book, and one of the over 800 sources is the Texas Veterans for Truth. Killian's memos and other information are there. The CBS memos are real and the proof is in the details."

In a memo to CBS affiliates last week which RatherBiased.com has obtained, the network said the disputed documents "were provided by unimpeachable sources."

In a report last week, the conservative magazine The American Spectator said that CBS's documents were possibly given to it by the Democratic National Committee.

Meanwhile in the most recent edition of Newsweek, reporters Howard Fineman and Michael Isikoff claim that one of CBS's main sources is a former TANG officer:

"Where did the documents come from? CBS won't say. But the trail pieced together by Newsweek shows that in a sulfurous season like this one, the difference between obscurity and power is small, and anyone can get a hearing. A principal source for CBS's story was Bill Burkett, a disgruntled former Guard officer who lives in Baird, Texas, who says he was present at Guard headquarters in Austin in 1997, when a top aide to the then Governor Bush ordered records sanitized to protect the Boss. Other Guard officials disputed Burkett's account, and the Bush aide involved, Joe Allbaugh, called it 'absolute garbage.' Burkett may have a motive to make trouble for the powers that be. In 1998, he grew gravely ill on a Guard mission to Panama, causing him to be hospitalized, and he suffered two nervous breakdowns. He unsuccessfully sued for medical expenses.

"Still, in theory, Burkett may have had access to any Guard records that, in a friend's words, 'didn't make it to the shredder.' Fellow officers say he wasn't a crank, but rather a stickler for proper procedure--a classic whistle-blower type. Burkett was impressive enough to cause CBS producer Mary Mapes to fly to Texas to interview him. "

Some Democrats are saying that the whole thing is a Republican setup. The Kerry campaign says it did not have anything to do with the documents.

Of course, with the book coming out on Tuesday and CBS remaining mum (for now) on who its sources were, only time will tell who is correct.

Hat tip: Templar Pundit

[bad company]

Another possible dot. Marina Ein is kitty kellys publicist. she was also the press agent for gary condit that trashed Chondra Levy making the charges that she was a slut. I wonder what other people this ein character has ties to?

[cricket]

Fox News; just telling the 'truth of this story' and the 'datelines' a few minutes ago.

Am sure CNN will be airing the same soon. . .

[MeekOneGOP]

That rambles on. I read quite a bit of it, though.

[MEG33]

I got interested about the 94 debate and his being unaware of the questions asked about Bush's Guard duty..(Moore and Slater)....

[demkicker]

How good is this. Before it is even released, it has already two sources that discredit it:
1. The fake Killiam memos
2. Sharon Bush saying that Kitty Kelly is making things up.

This is so rich I've gained 10 lbs just reading it! Has NBC's Today show had Kitty on yet promoting this trash?

[MeekOneGOP]

Am sure CNN will be airing the same soon. . .

hehe! You don't happen to need a bridge, do ya? :^D

[Samwise]

A while back another FReeper said that "Democrats lie faster than we can correct them."

With the power of the Internet and the pajama people, we're catching up...we're catching up.

[YOUGOTIT]

Texas Veterans for Truth, in my humble opinion, are not veterans and not telling the truth. If some are veterans from whose military are they veterans, where did they serve and are they part of the Kerry Veterans against the war that plotted the overthrow of the United States Government and planned to assassinate some United States Senators? Are the people who spit on the returning troops and harassed their families? Are they the anti-American scum that planted lies and provided hate mongering about Vietnam Vets? I would not believe anything a scum liar from the Kerry veteran organization says, about anything.

[Howlin]

I love that "pajama people" thingy!

Actually, watching the news shows today, we appear to be way ahead of them all.

[Samwise]

I love that "pajama people" thingy!

Me too!

[Howlin]

Hey...

[knak]

well now, isn't this interesting. No wonder the white house isn't trying to rebut this trash.

It's pretty much cut and dry now that the docs are fakes! LOL, what a bunch of crap!

[Publius6961]

The neocoms are squirming, and justifiably so.
It would not surprise me if this book is "delayed". Providing more and more evidence of fraud, criminal acts and conspiracy is not a good thing. Even morons can figure it out, eventually.

[Samwise]

Actaully, that cartoon is a pretty good likeness of me. :^)

[Howlin]

Maybe we're separated at birth? :-)

[Samwise]

Sis?!!

[Publius6961]

Clever but dumb strategy. Publish the same lies in several forms, and use each as "authentication" of the others. Clever but no longer a viable technique.

That is soooo 70s.

[cricket]

"hehe! You don't happen to need a bridge, do ya? :^D" "

No, but easy to find one, for sure!

CBS STILL standing beside it's story. . .

The Leftist playbook; all the way. . .

[weegee]

The DemonRats don't have to be honest or correct in the charges they make, they just have to level some assertions and keep the in the public long enough to try to sway the election.

Remember the DUI charge that was disclosed on the eve of the election? Some people said that it did make them change their vote (maybe not from Bush to Gore but possibly they stayed home or voted for Buchanan as a result).

If it cost Bush 0.53% of the vote then it cost him the "popular vote".

The acceptance by the mainstream media of such dubious documents (and their continued propaganda) shows how easy it will continue to be for 'Rats to lie until proven otherwise.

It is why Dan Rather, persons at AP, the Boston Globe, and other media outlets must be fired. It CAN happen (see my profile page for other examples this year of people in the news business who were canned over the propagation of partisan hoaxes).

After the layoffs, there needs to be prosecution of those involved the making of the forgeries. Again, there is a link to possible charges on my profile page.

This is a federal offense and bigger than Watergate. "Impeach Dan Rather!"

[weegee]

The Left has some 'splainin' to do as to how they can attack George W. Bush claiming that he got into office by "coup" when John Kerry's post-service Vietnam War protest organization plotted the assassination of elected officials.

Civil War II is here, the bullets just are not flying (nor do I want to see violence in America).

Look at how Hollywood is again praising the likes of Che Guevara and the Weather Underground. This lynch mob of anarchist-socialist types has been brewing since the latter days of the 1990s when they started protesting the WTO meetings in America.