[Real Cynic No More]

Here's a way to put another nail in Rather's coffin. Apparently one of the CBS documents appeared to have a legitimate signature. It would be of interest to know if this signature was photocopied from a copy of another legitimate document. If this was done, and if that other document just happens to be in the public domain from any of Killian's records, it should be possible to compare copies of signatures between the apparent legitimate Rather document and those others available. It would be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but people don't sign their name exactly the same way every time, meaning that there will be some differences between them. If a document can be found for which the signatures overlay exactly, it would be a final proof that Rather's documents have been forged by photocopying the legitimate signature onto the illegitimate document. And that would identify the document that was used from which to make the copy.

Anyone out there with time on their hands?

[My back yard]

I would bet that the original signature was destroyed. These people were dummies, but not that stupid.

[VRWCTexan]

I've already downloaded all of the available "factual" signatures from GWB's Guard records by Killian - none of them come close to matching the CBS fakes -

Personally I can not imagine how the so called CBS "expert" ever decided that there might be a "match" - NOT even close.

[supercat]

Apparently one of the CBS documents appeared to have a legitimate signature.

If I remember right (don't feel like logging into WaPo) he signature expert said he could only judge the one document that had a signature--he could say nothing of the three that didn't. Am I remembering that right? There were six documents on USA today site. Two with signatures that matched each other (but not Killian's real one), one with a signature that didn't match anything (closer to Killian's but still a clear fake), and three with no signature.

So if I'm remembering this "expert"'s statement correctly, what is the possibility that CBS gave their "expert" three unsigned documents and one of the pair with a matching signature, and gave him the other fake document to compare against?