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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68700)	9/9/2004 10:30:51 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793648

You would think the forger could have at least found an old typewriter to write the memos. I have read a good bit about forgeries. It is astounding how often these type of simple mistakes are made. And how often someone like CBS is gulled. Rather wanted it to be true so bad he could taste it. This is the biggest document forgery since the Hughes Biography. It is so obvious that I think CBS will have to "fess up" by Monday.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68700)	9/9/2004 10:32:56 PM
From: Spheres	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793648

It is time for Football...

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68700)	9/9/2004 10:42:45 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793648

Here's another great bit from Powerline: UPDATE 12: In the August 18, 1973 memo "discovered" by 60 Minutes, Jerry Killian purportedly writes: Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush. I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job. But wait! Reader Amar Sarwal, citing Peter Nuss, points out that General Staudt, who thought very highly of Lt. Bush, retired in 1972. The more I look at these "memos," the more obvious it appears that they are inept forgeries.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68700)	9/10/2004 4:49:13 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793648

Nice find Nadine! Here is the post...... 60 Minutes is toast. UPDATE 13: By the way, this is Rocket. I've been pitching in on these last few updates. Reader Theresa McAteer makes a good point: <font color=purple> I went to the "other document" cited by Chris Rohlfs (from the anti-Bush webpage <font color=blue>"awolbush.com"<font color=purple>) where Bush requests - on 5 Sep 73 - to be discharged. I note that Lt. Col. Killeen's response is dated 6 Sep 73, and it is directed "TO: 147th Ftr Intcp Gp/CC" Note: the "th" in "111th" and "147th" - from Killeen's part of the memo -- are not in superscript. As of 6 Sep 73, Killeen's typewriter did not have the superscripting key. Yet on the CBS-produced <font color=blue>"memo"<font color=black> dated 18 August 1973, it does. Actually, several of the documents on this <font color=blue>"awolbush.com"<font color=black> are from the Texas ANG in this 1972 and 1973 period (the same period as the alleged memos). NONE of them have a superscripted "th", and ALL of them are in the same old 1970s-era typeface I remember from my college days (and NONE of them are in the typeface used in the alleged memos). <font color=black> She's right. On the left is Killian's genuine typed memo of September 6, 1973. No superscript, and an authentically 1970's look. On the right is CBS's fake August 18 memo. Note the superscript, and the generally modern, word-processed look. Click to enlarge. powerlineblog.com powerlineblog.com 60 Minutes is toast. FINAL UPDATE: Lest this post become too unwieldy, we will close our updates here, and begin with new posts on the subject. Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard has consulted with several experts who agree that the documents are, in all probability, a hoax. That will be our first new post on the subject. powerlineblog.com Ö¿Ö