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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...

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Bush Guard papers 'forged'By Hugh AynesworthTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished September 12, 2004 DALLAS -- New information casts additional doubts about the authenticity of the memos purportedly written concerning President Bush by a former superior officer in the Texas Air National Guard in the 1970s, as Dan Rather and CBS News doggedly stuck to their guns defending the documents.     "They're forged as hell," said Earl W. Lively, 76, who during the era in question was director of Texas Air National Guard operations in Austin.     Mr. Lively said he had proof that Col. Walter "Buck" Staudt -- who supposedly forced...

former National Guard commander who CBS News said had helped convince it of the authenticity of documents raising new questions about President Bush's military service said on Saturday that he did not believe they were genuine. The commander, Bobby Hodges, said in a telephone interview that network producers had never showed him the documents but had only read them to him over the phone days before they were featured Wednesday in a "60 Minutes" broadcast. After seeing the documents on Friday, Mr. Hodges said, he concluded that they were falsified. Mr. Hodges, a former general who spoke to several news...

According to Powerline Blog, this was reported on FOX News: KELLY WRIGHT: Tony, here's the latest that we're finding out on this story. At least three Pentagon sources believe the documents about President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard are fakes. CBS as you mentioned is standing by its story...