The story of the resignations at CBS is not complete until we know how much was the agreed payoff for each of the people who resigned under fire.
Congressman Billybob
How about a tell all expose of what was going on inside of CBS that led to the story being pursued for 15 years. How about those details?
Of course then we could contrast the dogged pursuit of that story vs that of the Swift Boat Vets claims. And the failure of John sKerry to sign Standard Form 180 to this date and no press coverage of that?
Where do you stop for the "complete" story?
And now if the CBS settlements are larger than one would think was reasonable, which they probably are, this would just fuel the fire.
The criminal act, which is known is the dissemination of forged government documents which is a felony in the state of Texas. If CBS, knowing them as forgeries, reproduced and disseminated these documents then the criminal intent would proceed to all of those who were involved.
As in normal scandals, its not the initial act that often is the problem but the cover up, and CBS is seemingly in full cover up mode. If CBS were a government entity, this would signal the feeding frenzy. Are we going to get the signal? How can this settlement be exposed to the light of day?
CBS destroyed the "independent inquiry" to protect corporate officials. I wonder if Sarbanes-Oxley might be the ticket to open this rotting mess. It seems like the senior executives are engaged in a cover-up that would have to have implications to the shareholders. Anyone a Viacom share holder?
The payoff information might be made available to Viacom shareholders as part of excutive compensation package disclosures.