[The_Republican]

Sounds Like a Klintonian apology. However, AP thinks this was an 'Apology'.

[NavVet]

The more facts that come out, the more Dan's ignorance seems to be of the willful variety.

[lawgirl]

Almost immediately after the story aired Sept. 8, document experts questioned memos purportedly written by Bush's late squadron leader, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, saying they appeared to have been created on a computer and not on the kind of typewriter in use during the 1970s.

hey Buckhead- now you're a document expert. Congrats. now you can start billing the big money. ;-)

[FreedomSurge]

They still intend to assert the truthfulness of the story.

[counterpunch]

Max Cleland's schedule on August 25 in Texas needs to be fully examined. Cleland tried to deliver a letter to President Bush around 1pm in Crawford, followed immediately by a short press conference. When did he leave Texas, where did he leave from, and what did he do in the time in between?

Only days prior to Cleland's impromptu visit to Texas, he began discussions with Bill Burkett, who is now known to be CBS's source for the forged documents.

Later the same day of Cleland's Texas trip, Burkett announced in a rant to President Bush on the progressive onlinejournal that, "I know from your files that we have now reassembled, the fact that you did not fulfill your oath, taken when you were commissioned to 'obey the orders of the officers appointed over you'."

What time was this rant posted?
Did Cleland help him write it?
Who is the "we" Burkett is referring to concerned the documents being "reassembled"?

Crawford, Texas, where Cleland was at 1pm on August 25, is only 162 miles from Baird, Bill Burkett's home.

Did Cleland make a visit there that day?

Did someone in the Kerry campaign act as a middleman in passing along the information to CBS that Burkett had these documents?

Did someone in the Kerry campaign lobby CBS to use these documents or vouch for their authenticity?

CBS claimed that these documents came from "unimpeachable sources."
Other than Burkett, who are the other sources?
Why did CBS consider Burkett "unimpeachable"?

CBS must answer the question of how they learned that Burkett now had these memos. Did the discovery of these new documents play a part in Ben Barnes decision that he was now ready to talk to 60 Minutes on air, after Mary Mapes had long been urging him to do so? Is there a connection between this sudden change of heart by Barnes just two days before CBS hit "paydirt" with these forged documents?
Did Ben Barnes see these documents even before CBS did?

[SauronOfMordor]

"Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report," Heyward said. "We should not have used them."

"cannot prove that the documents are authentic" is a long way from admission that they were fake. They are trying to make the story go away without admitting guilt

[SoggyBottomBoy]

Is a "mistake in judgement" the same thing as lying out our A-Holes? Dan, we just what to know!

[EagleUSA]

Isn't it great!!! CBS WILL APPOINT A PANEL TO INTERNALLY INVESTIGATE....

That is like appointing the fox to count chickens in the hen house!!!!! What a RUSE. These guys are as bad at damage control AS THEY ARE AT LYING.

C-BS, you are dead !!!!! Don't waste your time.

[Iam1ru1-2]

Until danny "girl" goes in front of the cameras and say, "Mr. President, I was wrong in using these false memos to bring unsubstantiated claims of your shirking of your duty in the National Guard, and I humbly, and sincerely apologize for bringing dishonor to your name, your party, and to the Presidency of the United States of America. I hope you will find it in your heart to forgive me for such an amateurish "mistake", especially when it involved your credibility as a National Guardsman, and Commander-In-Chief of our loyal, courageous, armed forces. Because I have made such a blunder which could have influenced the election this november, I will immediately resign my position as head of CBS News, and even as a news reporter. Please accept my humble apology, and once again I sincerely, humbly apologize for my blatant mistake", I will consider what dan rather said today as a CYA statement only!!!

[BadAndy]

You would think that uncovering a story about how the DNC forwarded forged documents to influence a Presidential election would be interesting to CBS.

[Starboard]

Alex Jones, director of Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, said it appeared to be an honest mistake by CBS, not a willful attempt to deceive.

No, attempted character assasination of a sitting US president stemming from the use of unsubstantiated documents is not an "honest mistake" but Ra^ther the result of an aggressive political agenda by an overzealous network and biased anchorman. Jones is just another Haaavaaard liberal who's an enabler for the Dems.

[Fast1]

Too Little Too Late cBS proved itself to be a tool of the far left.

[antaresequity]

Please Email This Man And Ask Him: On what facts do you base the assumption that CBS made an honest mistake, and that they were not pursuing a biased agenda?

Alex Jones, director of Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, said it appeared to be an honest mistake by CBS, not a willful attempt to deceive.

email: alex_jones@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant email: mailto:jessica_cole@ksg.harvard.edu

[JoeSixPack1]

Now I see why sKerry has imported every x42i operative money can buy. Those guys were pros!

A scandal with this ending never would have happened on Hitlery's watch!

Those memos would have been perfect from jump-street, delivered with the finesse' of catwoman, leaked at first, then finally exposed! Then, when doubt had been cast, another scandal would erupt in mid-sentence and divert attention from the first! Chaos would ensue and the evil socialists would have triumphed again!

Those were the days!

Now all we get is DandyDrather crying for forgiveness. What a let down.

Who's next? :-)~