I'm still guessing he was bright enough to use outside (non-Texas) talent through other Democrats ~ e.g. the people in Nashville who've been mouthing off about this for several years.
Anyway, Dan Rather was born in Wharton, TX. It's a Houston suburb (almost, but I've been there and there's plenty of scrub between it and a real town).
No doubt Rather has more than a passing relationship with Mr. Barnes.
These people are all a bunch of homeboys, and still they ended up screwing each other.
I think a REAL cyber crook would figure that out; but Barnes, or Burkett?