"This would mean that the Kerry campaign -- which Barnes is co-chair of -- got the documents first, then CBS received them a few days later."
You put together a good timeline.
The above is exactly what the America Spectator article said, quoting an unidentified Dem staffer.
I forgot the title of the article, but you seem to be up on all that.
Is this the article
Here We Go Some More
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7099