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To: jjkirk who wrote (71987)	9/20/2004 1:25:29 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793917

So, WHERE did Burkett get the documents~~~CBS Can't Vouch for Bush Guard Documents apnews.myway.com [KLP Note: A couple of difference takes on the CBS news...Will be interesting to see where Burkett got the documents.....WHO--HOW--WHERE--WHAT--WHEN--WHY?????? His Democrat lawyer? Barnes? Just happened to find them in the trash? Handwritten notes, transcribed into fake documents? Who did the typing? The cut and pasting? Who will check the phone records between the DNC and Burkett? (now THAT would be investigating....but don't think we will hold our breath for CBS to do that....) Also, notice that Rather continues to believe that their story about Bush is true because no one has disputed it...he says. Again and Again.] Sep 20, 12:32 PM (ET) By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) - CBS admitted Monday that it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service, after several experts denounced them as fakes. The network said it was wrong to go on the air with a story that it could not substantiate. "We should not have used them, CBS News President Andrew Heyward said. "That was a mistake, which we deeply regret." CBS also said it was commissioning an independent review of the incident, and will announce the names of the people conducting the review will be announced shortly.<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>CBS said Burkett acknowledged he provided the documents and said he deliberately misled a CBS producer, giving her a false account of their origin to protect a promise of confidentiality to a source. <<<<<<< More at link above--------> 8888888888888888888888888888888 msnbc.msn.com CBS: Bush documents can't be verified 'We shouldn't have used them,' executive statesMSNBC staff and news service reports Updated: 12:35 p.m. ET Sept. 20, 2004 NEW YORK - CBS on Monday said it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service after several experts denounced them as fakes. <<<<<< >>>>>>>The statement began with this explanation of events: "'60 Minutes Wednesday' had full confidence in the original report or it would not have aired. However, in the wake of serious and disturbing questions that came up after the broadcast, CBS News has done extensive additional reporting in an effort to confirm the documents' authenticity. That included an interview featured on last week's edition of '60 Minutes Wednesday' with Marian Carr Knox, secretary to the late Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, the officer named as the author of the documents; the interview with Bill Burkett to be seen tonight; and a further review of the forensic evidence on both sides of the debate." Burkett, a retired National Guard lieutenant colonel, provided the documents. In a press release accompanying Heyward's statement, CBS said that Burkett "also admits that he deliberately misled the CBS News producer working on the report, giving her a false account of the documents' origins to protect a promise of confidentiality to the actual source." The Associated Press contributed 8888888888888888888888 this report.