"Further, why would Blair even have thought about whether they were fake or not?
He, like many other people, probably ASSUMED that they were legit memo's written by someone. After all, we do have this "trust" in people to be somewhat honest."
Seriously, you just made me spit coke over my keyboard. I'd just point out that Tony Blair is a qualified barrister and an accomplished politician renowned for his ability to field difficult questions.
The idea that a journalist confronted him with an allegation about a memo from his office he 'assumed' that it must be true is quite funny. And that's before considering that the press conference was over a month after the initial reports. I mean if no-one in Downing Street could remember having read it or could find a record, you'd think they'd have had time to contact the named author, Matthew Rycroft, and check "you did actually write this did you?"!
For the love of pete! it's F(*&^$%KING MEMO! He commented on the CONTENT, and said it's BULLCRAP! What's that got to do with being a frigging lawyer? WHAT was so DIFFICULT about saying that the information on a MEMO was B.S.? HOW does that translate into saying it was legite? Go bang your head against a brick wall or something.