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Another CBS Source Turns, Undermining Memos

The New York Times is now reporting on an interview with Hodges, one of the key sources used in the CBS/60-Minutes "expose" of President Bush [more].

A former National Guard commander who CBS News said had helped convince it of the authenticity of documents raising new questions about President Bush's military service said on Saturday that he did not believe they were genuine.

The commander, Bobby Hodges, said in a telephone interview that network producers had never showed him the documents but had only read them to him over the phone days before they were featured Wednesday in a "60 Minutes" broadcast. After seeing the documents on Friday, Mr. Hodges said, he concluded that they were falsified.

INDC has posted an exclusive interview with Dr. Bouffard, the source used by the Boston Globe and widely quoted as backing up CBS' story.

I just interviewed Dr. Bouffard again, and he's angry that the Globe has misrepresented him. He's been getting hate mail and nasty phone calls since last night's story was posted, and he wants me to correct the record. He did not change his mind, and he and his colleagues are becoming more certain that these documents are forgeries.

Even more incredible is that CBS News has repeated the Boston Globe's misrepresentation of Dr. Bouffard in defense of the Killian Memos (caught by Wizbangblog).

Finally, Wizbang quotes CBS handwriting expert, Marcel Matley, wrote a book titled, Using and Cross-Examining Handwriting Experts. Matley's previously stated expert opinion undermines the credibility of CBS' documents:

In fact, modern copiers and computer printers are so good that they permit easy fabrication of quality forgeries. [heh -ed] From a copy, the document examiner cannot authenticate the unseen original but may well be able to determine that the unseen original is false. Further, a definite finding of authenticity for a signature is not possible from a photocopy, while a definite finding of falsity is possible.

Here are my other posts on this topic:

Posted by tim at September 11, 2004 11:06 PM

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