[NonValueAdded]

There is nothing -- NOTHING -- like a FreeRepublic live thread. Harry nailed it in his interview, that there's an eclectic gathering of experts - patriots all - and to watch the analysis of what is being observed and commented upon in realtime is breathtaking. I'd put the collective IQ of a FR live thread up against anyone.

Pride of place goes to TankerKC who immediately questioned the authenticity, as the timeline I posted earlier reveals. That lit the fuse. Howlin was the great facilitator. Harry "Buckhead" MacDougald then provided the necessary expertise to definitively discredit the forgeries, once the documents were made available for examination.

Damned proud to be a FReeper. Now pony up to the FReepathon to keep this site alive and thriving.

[vetvetdoug]

I pulled out my Father's USAF records (27 years) and mine (10 years)that night and could not find a single document that was in the style of Rather's documents. All 702’s were taught how to correctly write OER’s and recommendations and have the officer sign them and Rather's documents were not in standard USAF protocol. That night was classic.

[djwright]

It was a great night to be a freeper. That would be a good movie. To watch real time as a group of 300,000 active member took down a pre-packaged media story by 5 partisan media hacks.

Everybody lets the NYT off the hook, but they had made this a coordinated attack a few weeks before an election. This is media at its absolute worst.