"....Who put Burkett up to "reassembling" the memos?..."
That's the next question we need answered. CBS and Dan Rather are still in CYA mode. Inquiring minds want to know.
But in a letter to the American Spectator, Burkett's lawyer David Van Os said:"Based upon my personal knowledge of Bill Burkett's character from knowing him and knowing of his reputation among his peers, I will state unequivocally that Bill Burkett did not falsify or create the "CBS documents." I do not assume that anyone falsified or created those documents until more is known, but if anyone did, it was not Bill Burkett.
I will stake my reputation and good name on this certainty. Further from my knowledge of Bill Burkett's character and integrity, I will state unequivocally that if, hypothetically speaking, Bill Burkett handled documents that were recent creations rather than true copies of originals, he would have done so only because he had reason to believe they were true copies rather than recent creations."