Are Downing Street memos authentic or elaborate hoax? Blogs question credibility of reporter who typed copies, destroyed originals Are the highly publicized Downing Street memos authentic government documents that show the Bush administration lied about pre-war intelligence on weapons of mass destruction? Or are they part of an elaborate hoax – akin to CBS's infamous National Guard memos on George W. Bush's military service? Many of the same blogs that successfully challenged Dan Rather's documents are now questioning whether the Downing Street memos are for real. With Times of London reporter Michael Smith admitting the memos he used in his...