Rush made a statement a week ago Friday - he said that the DNC received the documents, gave them to the Kerry campaign, who in turn gave them to Mapes - and ultimately to Dan Rather.
My theory is - Burkett dictated the "memos" to someone at the Travis County DNC (where Robin - Rather's daughter is affiliated) - the "memos" were then given to McAwful - who gave them to Kerry - who released them to CBS through Mapes - who is a producer in Dallas.
It's my understanding Mapes has been working on trying to make this a story for 4-5 years. Evidently, somebody knew this information and decided to make hay out of it. Like Goldberg said, Dan wanted it to be true so it was easy to fool him. But .. once he knew they were frauds .. he covered it up.
This will cost CBS their remaining credibility.
My theory is - Burkett dictated the "memos" to someone at the Travis County DNC (where Robin - Rather's daughter is affiliated) - the "memos" were then given to McAwful - who gave them to Kerry - who released them to CBS through Mapes - who is a producer in Dallas.And even if you turn out to be wrong on the exact sequence of events, I'll bet my bottom dollar everyone you list in this theory of yours has their hands in it, is guiltily involved in it, and helped plan and execute it.