I just can't believe that Rather is as stupid as everyone around here seems to think. I suspect he has something up his sleeve which will attempt to make us "people in pajamas" look like wackos.
The memos may be transcriptions of real memos, or they may be just pure fabrications based on somebody's "recollection".
Regardless, I still think SeeBS will claim they did it to protect their source.
Every media person I've seen seems to be trying to give rather a pass on his involvement in this scam. They seem to think he is an innocent bystander.
Your conspiracy theory makes no sense. For days now they have been trotting expert after expert out to authenticate the documents in question. THis has only served to damage CBS' credibility. If Rather has had the real documents up his sleave the entire time there is no way he would have stuck his neck out to defend the fake ones. That would have been just plain STUPID.
If he wanted to pull a rope-a-dope, he would have stalled and denied the charges, but he would not have pulled out "experts" to authenticate docs he knew to be fake.
I think you guys are getting WAY too paranoid here. One of the hallmarks of paranoia is a belief in the omniscience and omnipotence of your opponents. CBS is neither. They've been caught in a lie and are now trying to spin their way out of it.