[Inyokern]

Mmm-hmmm. Riiiiiight. I don't suppose that "somebody" has a name? Like....DAN RATHER maybe???

No, but it sounds like Cleland referred Burkett to someone high up in the Kerry campaign who tipped off CBS about the documents. This could could be big.

[maryz]

No, but it sounds like Cleland referred Burkett to someone high up in the Kerry campaign who tipped off CBS about the documents.

You mean instead of just the brush-off "Why tell me? Tell the Kerry campaign" (which is plausible and what he intended to convey), Cleland said something more like, "Here's a name and number of someone in the Kerry campaign"? I think, though, that "tip-off" may not convey the degree of coordination.