The answer is obvious: Can't you see that Karl Rove, anticipating this person with inside information about the destruction of Bush Guard documents would be a problem, arranged for him to be sent to Panama, arranged to have him be exposed to some exotic illness that wouldn't manifest itself until after he returned, and did this knowing Texas courts would deny his claim. Thus, Rove effectively neutralized this whistleblower by making him seem like a disgruntled loon long before he produced the documents to Rather.
If you just read the DUmmies, it would all be perfectly clear to you.
oh, wow... yeah, I get it now... I should have been reading the forum on the DNC website all along... Thanks...
Seriously, the guy has NO credibility - the only thing weird about the whole story is that CBS would even hang a portion of their story on anything that could remotely be traced back to a source like this... or maybe they just didn't understand the resources that would be brought to bear. I have to say, I'm very impressed with most all that I read on here - quite a great bunch, and I look forward to hanging out with this crowd for some time to come!