I didn't say put the number on the internet. Look at the next fax you see. There is supposed to be a telephone number identifying the sender. What I am saying is to check the sender's telephone records for the recipients from that sender's number. Obviously easier said than done.
If, as is reported, there are facsimile markings on one or more of the CBS documents used to "substantiate" the story that Pres. Bush had somehow failed in his military service in the National Guard, why hasn't this avenue been pursued to determine the identity of the recipient of those faxed documents?
The header of any facsimile should identify the sender's name, date and telephone number of the sending fax machine. For the questioned documents, we assume that the name is Kinko's in Abilene, but I have not heard anyone give the date or telephone number. The date obviously should tell us when the documents were faxed, that is whether done recently or some months ago. The date should also be the starting point for an examination of Kinko's telephone records (assuming no legal impediments) to show where the fax documents were sent. There may be several telephone numbers for faxes sent that same day, but it would not be an insurmountable number to winnow through to narrow the number of viable possibilities. Kinko's records should also show who paid for the telephone charges in sending the faxes (if a customer paid for the service). If a fax machine was used directly by a customer, there should still be a telephone record of the destination for the transmission of those documents. This all assumes, of course, that telephone and billing records at Kinko's are accessible.
I can't help but believe that someone has already made this inquiry, but if not, it might be a worthwhile endeavor.