[js1138]

Later, Bartlett would explain why he did not challenge the documents with a question: "How am I supposed to verify something that came from a dead man in three hours?"

As us. We did it.

[Howlin]

Half an hour later, Roberts called "60 Minutes" producer Mary Mapes with word that Bartlett was not challenging the authenticity of the documents.

I take it Roberts isn't a poker player.

[rocksblues]

LOL! Correctamundo!

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

How am I supposed to verify something that came from a dead man in three hours?

Kerry was able to deny the validity of "Unfit for Command" without reading a page of it.

[GraniteStateConservative]

We're collectively better at most everything than the WH staff.

[CurlyDave]

As us. We did it.

Not exactly a fair comparison.

If this had been a national security issue, it may have been possible.

This was a political issue and if our President had used government resources to comment on it he would have been guilty of converting government money for his own personal use.

I don't think the intellectual power and speed of the internet has been recognized by anyone but daily participants in the phenomenon.

[Fatuncle]

But we did not verify this singlehandedly, of our own knowledge. It was done collectively, though a database consisting of the experience of many lives, a wealth of knowledge not then available to Bartlett.