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Reprinted from NewsMax.com Expert: Dan Rather Exaggerates Military RecordWes Vernon, NewsMax.comWednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 One of the nation’s top military researchers is angry that CBS News anchorman Dan Rather continues to exaggerate and make misleading statements about his military record. The researcher, B.G. Burkett, says that Rather’s inaccaurate statements about his military service can be found in the new hit book "Bias,” written by veteran CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg. Burkett, co-author of the book "Stolen Valor,” a history of the media’s portrayal of the Vietnam conflict, says he’s tired of Rather’s double-talk and hypocrisy. Case in point are Rather’s claims...

PAGE 1 TRANSMITTAL MEMO BY FAX and U.S. MAILSeptember 11, 2004 FOIA Recipient;              It has come to my attention that the CBS 60 Minutes program, with Dan Rather, has aired documents purportedly from a military Colonel, with the apparent intent to malign the current Commander in Chief, George W. Bush.  These documents also appear to impugn the character of Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt (Retired, 1972).              Dan Rather and CBS News have “produced” supposed memoranda, which are the subject of great controversy, from Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian (deceased, 1984).  The controversy stems from the fact that these...

In my first Air Force assignment in the 1970s I served as administrative communications officer and assistant chief of central base administration for the 92d Combat Support Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. For two years I was directly responsible for ensuring that all units at Fairchild, including an attached Washington Air National Guard wing, complied with Air Force regulations and policies governing the preparation and filing of official correspondence including letters and memoranda. My review of the CBS Texas Air National Guard documents convinces me they are fraudulent for reasons that other critics have not yet discussed in...