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To: SBHX who wrote (69242)	9/11/2004 10:24:15 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793964

I don't understand how the signatures can be so different. We are 2 days into this investigation, and we are further along than any investigation pre-internet would have been in a week. One thing we have been able to observe is how things like this always have false leads, and early erroneous conclusions. Expect a lot more things not to make sense before this is over. And expect a lot of surprises. One scenario I am seeing involves Moonves, the head of CBS, and his lawyers setting down with Rather next week, and saying, "look, we are now positive this is a fraud. Here is the way we that see things can go. What do you want to do?" When it does break, we know one key thing. All of Rather's support on this comes from anti-Bush people. We know this because the person who interviewed the family said that was the only type they were dealing with. If CBS does admit the fraud, they will be forced to give up their sources. And those sources will be pro-Kerry people. That means it will tie back to Kerry in one way or another. Need I say what the outcome of that would be?

To: SBHX who wrote (69242)	9/11/2004 11:33:35 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

I don't understand how the signatures can be so different. Since cbs had xerox/fax copies, a very simple scan, cut and paste would have produced IDENTICAL signatures on these memos. This is very EASY to do. It just doesn't make any sense unless the source of the memos is an amateur or he/she wanted this to be discovered. I think one may safely doubt the professionalism of anyone who forges 1972 memos in Microsoft Word, using the default fonts and settings.