http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30043-2004Sep17.html
from the Washington post a similar piece:
In e-mail messages to a Yahoo discussion group for Texas Democrats, Burkett laid out a rationale for using what he termed "down and dirty" tactics against Bush. He said that he had passed his ideas to the Democratic National Committee but that the DNC seemed "afraid to do what I suggest."
In an Aug. 21 posting, Burkett referred to a conversation with former senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.) about the need to counteract Republican tactics: "I asked if they wanted to counterattack or ride this to ground and outlast it, not spending any money. He said counterattack. So I gave them the information to do it with. But none of them have called me back."
'So I gave them the information to do it with. But none of them have called me back."'
Which may get back to Mapes and Rather. Perhaps "none of them" ever called him back, but out of the blue 60 Minutes gets involved. Voila.