[Robert A Cook PE]

Worse, Staudt, in an Oct 10, 2000 George Magazine issue which went through these same charges, denied them explicitly. (The George Magazine article repeats the charge that Barnes was influenced the TANG for Bush.)

However, the DNC, in a Kerry-Edwards archived press release on April 27, 2004, repeats (word-for-word the same AFM35-13 references and the same charges of disobeying an order that Burkett says he wrote. But the DNC press release claims Staudt, not Barnes, was influencing the TANG on Bush's behalf.

So, not only is Dan Rather recycling old stories against Pres Bush, he can't even get the old stories straight.

[cyncooper]

And the rest of the media were perfectly prepared to run with it and ignore the numerous stories on record refuting it like they always ignore the state of the record in favor of dem spin.

They only picked up the ball on this story when the forgery aspect was crystal clear to everyone.