[TomGuy]

Because CBS admits they did not have Killian's actual personal file. They were given these memos by an unnamed someone they refuse to identify who claimed the memos came from Killian's file.

I thought these were Pentagon release, not (claimed to be)from someone's personal files. That makes a big difference.

[marty60]

Well the way the media is playing it you would think they were official. NO they are NOT. No one knows where they came from. Since Killian is DEAD.

[Mo1]

I thought these were Pentagon release, not (claimed to be)from someone's personal files.
That makes a big difference.

From what I can tell .. they came from personal files of a man who has been dead for 20 years .. not from the Pentagon

CBS hasn't said exacting who gave them the memos

[cyncooper]

I thought these were Pentagon release, not (claimed to be)from someone's personal files. That makes a big difference.

Yes, it does make a big difference. While I'm on record as doubting these are forgeries, it's important to note that they were NOT part of George W. Bush's file.

New Questions On Bush Guard Duty

Excerpt:

But 60 Minutes has obtained a number of documents we are told were taken from Col. Killian's personal file. Among them, a never-before-seen memorandum from May 1972, where Killian writes that Lt. Bush called him to talk about "how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November."

Lt. Bush tells his commander "he is working on a campaign in Alabama…. and may not have time to take his physical." Killian adds that he thinks Lt. Bush has gone over his head, and is "talking to someone upstairs."

Col. Killian died in 1984. 60 Minutes consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic.

~snip~

BTW, reading the memos, CBS has misrepresented the content of the May memo. NO surprise. In the memo Killian notes discussing with Bush that he is due for his physical and that Bush said he'd take it in Alabama IF he maintains his flight status. The rest of the story, as we all know, is Bush ended up being assigned to a base where he could not fly so he did not take the physical. Nothing new, nothing wrong.

[hoosiermama]

...given these memos by an unnamed someone they refuse to identify who claimed the memos came from Killian's file.

You don't suppose Kerry's been using his typewriter again? Maybe the African Queen even bought him a new one.;^)