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Rather’s Blather
Karl Rove—did he make Dan do it? Is there any time left for CBS and 60 Minutes? What happened to the originals? Readers deconstruct “Anatomy of a Forgery.”
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DAN IS DONE
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Re: The Washington Prowler’s
Anatomy of a
Forgery
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Gents (and ladies):
Concentrate on three evidential words: CHAIN OF CUSTODY
CBS must show that the documents they display were known to be in existence from creation through decades of cold storage to discovery (by whom?) to transfer (via whom?) to CBS.
Since the documents are NOT classified, no laws have been broken by any purported custodians or couriers.
Hence, there is no legal justification for protection through anonymity.
The only purpose served by keeping secret the names of the sequential custodians, is to allow convenient assumptions (that the chain is legitimate) to go unquestioned — when in truth, the chain must be PROVEN, not assumed.
p>The photocopies just ‘“fell from the sky,” Rather is asserting. He hasn’t proved anything else, and his lame attempts to LOOK like he has, he just strengthens the impression that the documents HAVE no credible origin. br> — Jim O
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