[knuthom]

"This gave us such a sense of security at that moment that we had the story," Howard said. "We gave the documents to the White House to say, 'Wave us off this if we're wrong.' " But Bartlett said CBS never asked him to verify the memos and that he had neither the time nor the resources to do so.

Wave us off this if we're wrong? If the White house had objected, Dan Rather would have been MORE sure he was on the right track.

[68skylark]

Exactly -- you nailed it. Everything they say no is just after-the-fact nonsense. They're trying to get their guilty backsides out of the mess they willingly fell into. So we get spin, lies and evasions.