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To: LindyBill who wrote (69746)	9/13/2004 8:48:54 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793858

Just produce a typewriter and type out the exact document. Should be easy enough according Mr. Glennon.

To: LindyBill who wrote (69746)	9/13/2004 9:36:40 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793858

I'll take secretaries over typewriter repairmen as to what a typewriter could type any day. Everything they say is true in theory but in context false and misleading: - there were little "th" superscripts, but they didn't look anything like the ones in the memo; - there was Times Roman but it didn't look like the Times Roman in the memos; - there was proportional font spacing but it didn't look anything like the stuff in the memos. Etc. All you need to do is look at it. But enough people are just going to go by what they read in the paper, instead of using their own eyes.

To: LindyBill who wrote (69746)	9/13/2004 4:25:28 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793858

So far, forensic and typewriter experts consulted by TIME and other major media organizations have not reached a consensus on the authenticity of the memos. Some insist it would have been nearly impossible for a 1970s-era typewriter to produce the memos because of the letter spacing in the documents and the use of a raised and compact th symbol. But Bill Glennon, a technology consultant in New York City who worked for IBM repairing typewriters from 1973 to 1985, says those experts “are full of crap. They just don’t know.” Glennon says there Maybe Mr. Glennon should find one, recreate the memo and claim the $10,000 prize?