Sure, that is a possibility, but these were new forgeries. It's not like they were floating around on the internet. Barnes had direct contact with someone in the chain of custody PRIOR TO CBS. How is that?
Lets say Burkett handed them off to some Kerry staffer, then they were brought back to the Texas Kerry campaign headquarters. Barnes was called up by the Kerry campaign: "Hey, can you make some accusations on national TV for us?"
Then Barnes says: "I can't put my good name and credibility out on the line with unsubstantiated claims!"
Kerry campaign: "Don't worry about it, we've got documents! Proof! You will back them up, and they will back up you."
Barnes: "Well, if you've got documents, then ok, I will."
So Barnes calls CBS. They set it all up, and then a day or two later, the documents are sent to CBS. Who actually sent them is of no relevence to the preceding chain of events. Burkett sent the documents to the Kerry campaign. barnes is part of that campaign. First Barnes then the docs come forward to CBS within mere days.
Either it is an INCREDIBLE, IMPROBABLE coincidence, or there was co-ordination between the Kerry campaign and the forger in giving this story and these forgeries to CBS.
I agree with that, and I personnaly think the DNC or Kerry campaign had the documents before CBS saw them. The American Spectator's "Anatomy of a Forgery" has the forgeries in DNC / Kerry campaign hands weeks before CBS saw them.
The only nit I was picking with your previous secenario was Barnes getting the forgeries DIRECTLY FROM the forger. Maybe, maybe not, was the only difference I took.
For the record, the footage for these clips was shot this past May. We conducted a sit-down interview on Tuesday, May 25th, and then, almost as an afterthought, we taped his speech at our MeetUp on Thursday May 27th. The clips were edited together over the following month and posted on the morning of Friday, June 25th. They've been online ever since