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Their own experts told them they were fakes, so they intentionally put them out knowing they were false---which is why they put so much emphasis on the idea that they acted in good failth, and were misled. Burkitt is still lying as the patsy, fall-guy,cut-away, to stop digging. But the real question is why were the forgeries so crude, anyone could do a decent job with an old typewriter. I belive that the freeper theory (which thread I don't rember) that the burkitt's post that the files were being reassmbled, then the originals are being kept, until Bush denies their authencity.

"I belive that the freeper theory (which thread I don't rember) that the burkitt's post that the files were being reassmbled, then the originals are being kept, until Bush denies their authencity."

That's an interesting theory, but they have been crucified in the press for two weeks. Rather's credibility has been decimated, CBS has become synonymous with "shoddy reporting" and the story STILL has enough legs to keep going. I think that if they had original documents hidden away until Bush might possibly deny their authenticity (a fool's prayer, to be sure) they are purposely allowing CBS to be annihilated in the press and in public opinion. Besides, even if the "real" memos were "discovered", no one would believe their authenticity, regardless of the origins. People have a low tolerance for BS. They allow the boy to cry wolf ONCE nowadays.

It seems to me, if it is true that the "real" memos are ferreted away in some safe deposit box in rural Texas, that those who are holding on to the originals are burning the barn to save the horses. They would be obliterating a mass media ally. I don't think that anyone anywhere would touch the "real" document story even if they did show up. It would be political poison.

No, I don't believe that there are some secret memos hidden somewhere. This bombshell has exploded, and there is no way to reassemble the bomb.

We shall see, though. November is a little over a month away.

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