***Rather and CBS now blame the White House. If the White House had just called them liars and forgers they would have never...***
Ah HAH! Now the story is out. CBS kept saying that the White House had no problem with the memos' authenticity, making it sound as though the White House had plenty of time to examine them. They also said that they GOT the memos from the White House. Now we know that they didn't.
Actually, we've known all along that the trail went CBS -> WH -> CBS and others. CBS used the deceptive term "released" on pupose, to lend a patina of authenticity of origin that just flat out wasn't there.