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CBS Statement On Bush Memos
CBS News ^ | 9/20/2004 | CBS News

Posted on 09/20/2004 10:01:52 AM PDT by rwilliam

(CBS) Below is the text of the CBS News statement on its use of documents purportedly written by President Bush's National Guard commander:

Bill Burkett, in a weekend interview with CBS News Anchor and Correspondent Dan Rather, has acknowledged that he provided the now-disputed documents used in the Sept. 8 "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard.

Burkett, a retired National Guard lieutenant colonel, also admits that he deliberately misled the CBS News producer working on the report, giving her a false account of the documents’ origins to protect a promise of confidentiality to the actual source.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; forgery; killian; napalminthemorning; rather; rathergate
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To: somerville

Can you say.....DNC??


21 posted on 09/20/2004 10:08:06 AM PDT by curlewbird
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To: rwilliam
Bill Burkett, in a weekend interview with CBS News Anchor and Correspondent Dan Rather, has acknowledged that he provided the now-disputed documents used in the Sept. 8 "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard.

But the big question is, to whom did he provide the documents, and where did he get them? Observe that the statement goes on to say, "Burkett, a retired National Guard lieutenant colonel, also admits that he deliberately misled the CBS News producer working on the report, giving her a false account of the documents’ origins to protect a promise of confidentiality to the actual sourceSo who is the "actual source?" Source of what, the documents themselves or CBS's source? The clear implication is that this source is someone other from Burkett himself. Max Cleland?

22 posted on 09/20/2004 10:08:26 AM PDT by kesg
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To: rwilliam

23 posted on 09/20/2004 10:08:33 AM PDT by ChadGore (Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
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To: OXENinFLA

Actually, no. This thread is the CBS statement, your thread is the Rather statement. Two different animals entirely.


24 posted on 09/20/2004 10:08:34 AM PDT by Petronski (What did Max Cleland know and when did he know it?)
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To: Petronski

See post #15


25 posted on 09/20/2004 10:09:26 AM PDT by OXENinFLA (WHO MADE THE CBS MEMOS?!?!?)
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To: OXENinFLA

Actually, I think this item is different than the one that you link you. Your link goes to a statement from CBS. This post is a news article from CBS that provides new information -- they're two different things.


26 posted on 09/20/2004 10:09:45 AM PDT by 68skylark
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To: dfwgator

---“'60 Minutes Wednesday' had full confidence in the original report or it would not have aired. However, in the wake of serious and disturbing questions that came up after the broadcast, CBS News has done extensive additional reporting in an effort to confirm the documents’ authenticity. ---

"extensive additional reporting"...We plugged Burkett into a wall socket until his head smoked...


27 posted on 09/20/2004 10:10:22 AM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: rwilliam

Kerry's campaign is now dead. Burkett will be linked to Kerry within 10 days.


28 posted on 09/20/2004 10:10:31 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: rwilliam
CBS News and CBS management are commissioning an independent review of the process by which the report was prepared and broadcast to help determine what actions need to be taken. The names of the people conducting the review will be announced shortly, and their findings will be made public.

Unless they place the guys @ Powerline or other like minded individuals on the independent commission, it's a sham.

29 posted on 09/20/2004 10:10:44 AM PDT by handy (Forgive me this day, my daily typos...The Truth is not a Smear!)
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To: rwilliam

They still hang on to the bushbashing stuff---Incredable!


30 posted on 09/20/2004 10:11:05 AM PDT by southernerwithanattitude (new and improved redneck)
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To: rwilliam; BossLady

Dan, being a true professional has already moved on to his new assignemnt..........Hi folks, its me Dan McRather, would you like to supersize that order or how about some fries !


31 posted on 09/20/2004 10:11:09 AM PDT by Searching4Justice
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To: cynicom

Re post # 19:

Too funny!!!!


32 posted on 09/20/2004 10:11:37 AM PDT by ZOTnot ("The burden of Damascus." I'll take the side of Israel, thank you.....)
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To: rwilliam

Arrest...Arrest...Arrest.....and don't stop until the DNC is behind bars.


33 posted on 09/20/2004 10:11:52 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I wear sleepwear therefore I think)
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To: OXENinFLA

This has not already been posted. This is a separate statement, and includes the new news that Burkett claims he got the docs from another source.


34 posted on 09/20/2004 10:11:55 AM PDT by somerville
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To: rwilliam
Rush is going wild on this now.

CBS is insane. If they think this is enough to stop the floodgates, they're dead wrong.

35 posted on 09/20/2004 10:12:13 AM PDT by Jenya (I'm a newbie here, but not to life. Don't even think of imposing your seniority on me.)
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To: rwilliam

This one goes to the top of CBS and the DNC.


36 posted on 09/20/2004 10:12:29 AM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: rwilliam

The part at the end of the Dan Rather Statement, where he resigns from CBS, was the most impressive!!


37 posted on 09/20/2004 10:12:36 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Let's put flowers & a copy of Post #47 on Nixon's grave. He'd be proud of Buckhead, and most amazed.)
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To: rwilliam
he deliberately misled the CBS News producer working on the report, giving her a false account of the documents’ origins to protect a promise of confidentiality to the actual source

The DNC, there's little doubt.

38 posted on 09/20/2004 10:14:02 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: rwilliam
If CBS now recognizes the Bush National Guard documents as a forgery, why do they not cooperate in identifying the source of the forgery and the forgerer???
39 posted on 09/20/2004 10:14:31 AM PDT by rolo15
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To: rwilliam

40 posted on 09/20/2004 10:14:34 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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