They can probably get a lawyer to say 'You have items that are purportedly PRIVATE PROPERTY of Col. Killian and I want a full list of what you have thay MAY be his property and how you came to have these stolen items!'. Then they would have to cop to the fakes or face receiving stolen property.
I could see some lawsuits for a few people after Nov. 2. Starting with Laura Bush slapping one on the "kitty"!
Cheers!
Nice idea, but notes made in his role as an officer in the military are not private property. They may either be "classified," "proprietary," or "public domain." As they seem to be related to personnel issues, I think they may not be available under FOIA, so they are probably military proprietary. All this assumes they are not forgeries - which they are most certainly - but from a perspective of a lawsuit, there are probably grounds to go after CBS.
It has been said before but this just keeps getting better and better. LoL!