[Clioman]

I sure wish everybody would use the right term...these documents were not FORGERIES. By definition, a forged document necessarily infers the existence of a REAL document, of which the forgery is a fradulent copy. Mary's 'documents' were FABRICATIONS, invented from whole cloth. A forged $20 is fake, but accurate. These things were the equivalent of a $7 dollar bill...they are INVENTIONS, not simply bogus copies of a legitimate government record.

[wagglebee]

You are 100% correct, thanks for the clarification. The signature, would be a forgery.

[Madame Dufarge]

You're right, the terminology is wrong.

The document is fabricated, not forged.

[jocon307]

"I sure wish everybody would use the right term...these documents were not FORGERIES. By definition, a forged document necessarily infers the existence of a REAL document, of which the forgery is a fradulent copy. Mary's 'documents' were FABRICATIONS, invented from whole cloth. A forged $20 is fake, but accurate. These things were the equivalent of a $7 dollar bill...they are INVENTIONS, not simply bogus copies of a legitimate government record."

A very good point. You are most correct, a forgery is a fake copy of a real thing, these were indeed fabrications, just plain old BS. Excellent point, and I haven't seen it made before.

[steve-b]

Not exactly. If a student produces a fake report card with all As, it would still be considered a "forgery" even though the real report card has (presumably) different grades.

In this case, then Lt. Bush presumably had various real memoranda typed up concerning his performance, with different content.