"That email is too perfect...something's fishy about this..."
That's what I think, too. The email may be bogus. If so, it would be dirt on Drudge's nose. I can't really imagine a reporter revealing such damning information about himself, even to staffers on his paper.
I'm holding off on this one until I can see some other confirmation. Drudge doesn't always get it right.
If it's a fake, we can be sure the Chattanooga Rag Whatever paper will scream bloody murder, real quick like.