CBS News’ Boss Hired Private Eye To Source Memos

NYOBSERVER ^ | 02/23/05 | Joe Hagan

[CitizenM]

"Oh what wondrous webs we weave...."

[ArmyBratproud]

Isnt he the DA out of Austin...


Something tells me Earle may be the reason that this is not being investigated in Texas.

Since he, wrongfully, gets the authority to investigate political crimes....
He may have very well deemed this matter as an issue to look into campaigns...thus getting authority over it.....and making sure that his fellow Dems do not get investigated.

He could do it and keep it quiet. However, if someone were to file and FOA.....that could be found out...

[ArmyBratproud]

But Mr. Burkett has never been pursued by authorities, who could feasibly force him to answer questions under oath about where he got the memos supposedly drafted by former Texas Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, who was President Bush’s commanding officer in the early 1970’s.

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[isom35]

"Erik T. Rigler" does he charge $200 a day, plus expenses? does he live in a trailer? I bet he gas a feisty old dad, and a friend named Angel.

[okie01]

Personally, I don't believe any of this ever happened. At least we could prove Burkett is lying.

At which point, Burkett starts blubbering that everybody should've known better than to trust him because he's...a certified nut.

Followed by seizures...

Dead end.

[Zeroisanumber]

Come on, we all know where the memos came from:

KARL ROVE!

And only one man cand find the truth!

[ArmyBratproud]

"I locked myself in my handcuffs again...Doh"

[unsycophant]

The left is really pushing that theory, hard.

Burkett hates GW with a passion, and has worked for years to smear him.

He would never work with Rove. Ever.

[compuguru]

IMHO, I'm sure the PI was doing more than investigating; he was finding all the leaks between CBS, Burkette, and the DNC/Lockhart and plugging them with CBS-supplied cash.

[Seaplaner]

...CBS said, would "determine what errors occurred in the preparation of the report and what actions need to be taken.

Notice, dear friends, that the word "bias" does not appear in the article.

I would argue that this is less a matter of finding out "how, who, when or where" and really more a matter of determining...

WHY?

WHY would these people try to influence a presidential election with forged documents?

Could it be for the same reason they didn't seem to care about some tantalizing peculiarities surrounding Sen Kerry's "honorable" discharge.

I suggest that the pressing question is WHY? (Not how?) And that the the critical answer becomes BIAS.

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[Lancey Howard]

Kathy Colvin, a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas, said she was "not aware of any charges that have been filed."

Then Colvin added, "So a major television network used the public airwaves to try to fix a Presidential election by using forged military documents to smear a candidate - - what's the big deal? Is that a crime or something?"

[mcenedo]

Now that Erik T. Rigler has cracked this case, he's off to clear up the case of the pant stuffing former National Security Advisor.

I can't wait to hear the results!

[Anti-Bubba182]

I think Burkett did it himself and that the original exists not as ashes in a parking lot, but as a deleted file on his computer. At the time the issue of a possible Texas State investigation was extensively discussed on FR and Texas was not interested. That angle went nowhere.

Burkett is the most plausible originator of the documents based on.

"..But also on Tuesday, Salon reported on a 2,600-word letter that Mr. Burkett had written to CBS, in which the former National Guardsman seemed to agree with the panel: He blamed CBS for failing to properly vet the documents, which he said he had offered only on the condition that he not have to explain their chain of custody.."

And:

The incredible clumsy nature of the fabrication which leads to the probablity they were the product of a demented amatuer.

And finally:

His incredible cock and bull story of how he got the documents, which understandably he was reluctant to disclose.