[Steve_Seattle]

"The "source" who marketed the originals wasn't peddling "memo's" but rather hand-scrawled, incomplete notes that somebody pulled out of the file when they were emptying Killian's office."

But 20 years ago Bush Jr. was not in politics and no one would have had a motive to do what you suggest. I'm convinced the memos are of recent origin.

[rocklobster11]

Bush Sr. was in politics and there was talk of a run for Senate against Ben Barnes. So Barnes would have wanted to dig up dirt on anyone in the family.

[Robert A Cook PE]

oh, the "memo's" them selves are recent.

Absolutely.

Somebody, probably right after April this year, re-typed them. transcribed them, but screwed up big-time and tried to "make them look real" instead of just notes.

But Barnes could easily have gotten the hand-scrawled notes they came from (remember her comments!)

And Barnes would have been TX governor, running now (or running instead of Clinton in 92) if the Sharpstown scandal hadn't been exposed.

Revenge for losing the Presidency is a big reason to keep the memo's/copies of the memo's.