The 4th document examiner James J. Pierce is not happy with CBS. c.f.
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Moon writes:
I called Pierce at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday night [9/16]. I told him I was with the Athens Banner-Herald newspaper, doing a piece about the Killian memos. He asked me how I got his home phone number, and I told him. I thought he might hang up, but he stayed on the line... maybe because I was upfront with him and not aggressive in asking him questions. He said he couldn't give me many details about his analysis of the documents that CBS gave him because he was still “in the middle of studying them“. More on that to come...
- The key point: Pierce seemed upset that CBS is using his ‘Professional Opinion’ memo of 9/14 to prop up their defense about the Killian memos being authentic. Pierce said “CBS is wrong, CBS is wrong” to portray it that way, saying it twice for emphasis. He said that his PO memo was only a preliminary judgment, “not a final conclusion” on all the documents.
- The (for me) stunner: Pierce said that the reason he hadn't rendered a final conclusion yet was that he was only “midway through his analysis” of all the documents - speaking as though there were many docs. CBS gave you other documents besides the four that 60 Minutes used in the story? “Lots more documents” were his exact words.
in http://politicalities.typepad.com/ September 15, 2004 entry...
there is a link to http://www.signascan.com/testimonials.htm which contains
TRIAL EXPERTS Plaintiff: Tracey Charles, anesthesiologist. James Pierce, handwriting analyst.
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September 16, 2004
Who is this James J. Pierce anyways
Not listed on the American B of Forensic Document Examiners, not listed in the White Pages or Yellow pages for Newport Beach which would be surprising for someone who seems to be a freelance document examiner. He's the "Stealth" document examiner...one wonders how he gets business...
He's not on the Superior Court of LA's list of Expert Witnesses though Matley is on that list.
Pierce is quoted as still reviewing the documents on 9/16, more than one week after the airing. Was Peirce even consulted for his opinion prior to the airing, opposite to what CBS maintains?
'CBS gave you other documents besides the four that 60 Minutes used in the story? “Lots more documents” were his exact words.'
WaPo says Burkett
'In e-mails yesterday to The Washington Post, he said he would speak out "at the appropriate time" but "that time is not now."
also, I read somewhere that he 'warned not to dismiss everything so quickly...'
maybe there is some more trash letters coming out.