[sevry]

Why Kinkos instead of just handing them from Burkett to Mapes?

I'm not clear on that, either:

Source: USA Today
Headline: CBS backs off Guard story
Author: Moniz and Johnson reported from Texas, Drinkard from Washington. Contributing: Blake Morrison
Date: 21 SEP 2004
LINK, print version

Ultimately, Burkett decided to turn over the documents to one of the most persistent journalists, CBS producer Mary Mapes, sometime in August. He and his wife met Mapes and CBS reporter Mike Smith at a pizza restaurant a few miles from their ranch. At first he gave them only two of the six documents, which Mapes said she planned to have analyzed for authenticity, according to Burkett.

Burkett said he passed the rest of the documents to Smith around Sept. 5, at a drive-in restaurant near Baird.

[Zechariah11]

Great find!