CBS Talks With Suspected Source of Documents

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This is ridiculous. Rather IS part of this story. Why in the world are they allowing him to interview this guy? CBS just reached a new low - as hard as that is to do.

Network to Air Interview in Effort to Resolve Dispute Over Bush Guard Memos' Authenticity

By Howard Kurtz

Washington Post Staff Writer

Monday, September 20, 2004; Page A14

CBS News anchor Dan Rather has interviewed the retired lieutenant colonel widely believed to have helped provide "60 Minutes" with the disputed National Guard documents about President Bush that have created a credibility crisis for the network, and CBS plans to air the interview in the coming days.

The on-camera sit-down with Bill Burkett, who has urged Democratic activists to wage "war" against Republican "dirty tricks," could help resolve whether CBS continues to stand by its story or concedes the purported 30-year-old memos are forgeries, as numerous document experts have contended.

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