Russert: CBS ID'd Source of Rathergate Docs

NewsMax.com ^ | 1/12/05 | Carl Limbacher

[odoso]

CBS... You can wash and perfume a pig, but it's still going to return to the pen.

[ken5050]

Tim just pushed the ball waaaay back into CBS's court..

[Dane]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted.

My guess either joe lockhart or the DNC.

[Spok]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted."

I'm thinking it must lead right to Kerry, or his campaign.

[Peach]

"I think the interesting thing is the documents - where did they come from?" Russert told radio host Don Imus. "Somebody at CBS knows where the documents came from - and the credibility of that person, and the agenda of that person," he said.

For several days I've said that if Rather didn't know the person who gave CBS the forged documents, he should be launching a full out investigation. That he hasn't done so speaks volumes.

[Mr. K]

I source of FORGED documents deserves protection?

[conservativebabe]

Let's be patient, it will come out, then the fun starts.

[MKM1960]

Wonder if this is why JFK is doing the "Don't I look presidential" tour?

[Semper Paratus]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted.

Can you Timmy?

[An Old Marine]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted.

They can't give up the source? I might buy it if the documents were real. Then CBS would be keeping their part of the deal but these docs were fake and that inherently broke the contract.

It must be explosive if CBS is willing to sit on it.

Guesses? I'm betting it can be traced back to the Democrats in some fashion.

[goldstategop]

They have to protect a compromised source? No wonder CBS still doesn't get it. If they name him or her, its good as an admission they knew the documents were a fake all along but they had an agenda. Like DUH.

[CFC__VRWC]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted.

Hmm, I wonder if Russert feels the same way about Bob Novak's refusal to out his source for the Valerie Plame non-story? Or is he part of the pack howling at Novak to divulge that source because "journalistic ethics" demand it?

Three guesses and the first two don't count.

[airborne]

I source of FORGED documents deserves protection?

Doesn't seem to make sense, does it?

[ImpotentRage]

"For several days I've said that if Rather didn't know the person who gave CBS the forged documents, he should be launching a full out investigation. That he hasn't done so speaks volumes."

Wasn't it speculated at the time that Rather's daughter may
have been the one who gave the info to Daddy?

[Rodney King]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted

It's because the source was someone highly partisan, probably in the DNC, and revealing it will expose the "political bias" issue.

[mlbford2]

That lib shill who started CNN was saying yesterday on FOX that it was the RNC who manufactured them. That old fart is senile.

[Red Badger]

"They can't give up their source - they can't compromise their source," Russert insisted.

Since they won't identify the source That person must be mucho grande en the Party. If they won't identify that person after all this, they are complicit themselves....

[Tarpaulin]

[Peach]

I've heard her name floated, but I'm not sure I really picture her commissioning the forged documents.