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Friday, September 10, 2004

Moving forward

Here's an update from ABC News:


HODGES SAID HE WAS MISLED BY CBS: Retired Maj. General Hodges, Killian's supervisor at the Grd, tells ABC News that he feels CBS misled him about the documents they uncovered. According to Hodges, CBS told him the documents were "handwritten" and after CBS read him excerpts he said, "well if he wrote them that's what he felt."

* Hodges also said he did not see the documents in the 70's and he cannot authenticate the documents or the contents. His personal belief is that the documents have been "computer generated" and are a "fraud".


Just to review CBS news's sourcing on these four memos:

1. Obtained from a secret source.
2. Claimed to be from Killian's personal files, though not in possession of any family member.
3. Typed with: a) superscript b) proportional kerning c) times new roman font d)smart apostrophes e) perfectly centered type... And this isn't MS Word?
4. Rather goes on CBS news tonight and claims one big support for the memos came from Bobby Hodges who vouched for the memos.
5. Turns out CBS told Hodges they were handwritten -- when CBS must have known otherwise.
6. Killian's wife said her husband didn't type.

Unbelievable.

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