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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (70471)	9/15/2004 2:24:08 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794302

If it turns out that CBS deliberately gave only a single document to 6 experts and 5 said, 'phony as hell' but the 6th said, 'the signature looks okay', and they went with the 6th and suppressed mention of the other 5, then we are not talking about innocent dupes any more. Not innocent dupes, but possibly still dupes. They can be utterly negligent in their public trust and journalistic ethics without knowing that the memos were fake. You know, Nadine, we don't know what those experts said. We have no documentation. We're taking their word for it as they "revise and extend" their comments. In my experience they most likely all offered positive or neutral opinions along with caveats and CBS chose to not hear the caveats. My guess would be that "they" went forward on a plausible deniability wing and a prayer, perhaps subconsciously, and were surprised when it didn't fly.