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I've seen those demonstrations. Indeed, they underly my basic point: even if it would have been technologically possible for somebody in 1972 to produce a document that matched the CBS memos, the probability that anyone would have done so, given that no copies of Microsoft's "Times New Roman" font width table are believed to have existed then, is essentially zero (even if it were discovered that Microsoft stole the width table from someplace, the likelihood that someone in 1972 would have produced a document using it would still be essentially nil).

But as I said what I found interesting about Mr. Healey's piece is that he focuses on many technical minutiae which, even if prevent in the original documents, would have been obscured by a generation or two of faxing. I also find interesting the way he tries to make comparisons with Times-Bold, which is assuredly not the font used. While I don't particularly fault those who earlier guessed Bookman or New Century Schoolbook (the latter would have been my first guess), an analysis of the serifs and what faxing did to them makes clear the character shapes are all consistent with Times New Roman whereas some are inconsistent with most other fonts.