When it rains, it pours...
Another document/forensic expert has said the documents are most probably phony. Fox News' Special Report had on Sandra Lines, a veteran forensics expert who discussed her findings after studying known signatures from Killian and the CBS documents. She says the documents show that these are not at all consistent with the same person signing his signature, and she looked at the other parts of the document- the text of the body itself, and concluded that- the documents are most probably phony.
As I mentioned- experts say, it's usually not easy or even possible sometimes to verify a document is real, but quite easy in comparison to be able to verify documents and signatures phony...and it seems every expert that comes forward is saying they are just that- phony. Even the sources CBS cited in their 60 Minutes piece, as I posted a min. ago are denying their authenticity.
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Yet ANOTHER document expert has come forward to say the 60 Minutes documents are almost surely phony, pointing to a vastly different signature from the papers. The expert, a 23 year veteran of the FBI points out- the signatures on the disputed documents cannot be those of Killian, when examined with signatures we know are legit.
The main source for the story says he was mislead as well- he said CBS read the documents to him over the phone, and he thought they were hand-written. This is what CBS calls "verification," friends.
Also- the man who headed the Texas Guard during the time said there's no way they're accurate. He says that a man mentioned had no contact with them, because he retired 18 months before he supposedly put favors thru for Bush. He explained, when you leave the guard, you're gone...you have no pull, and you surely couldn't do favors for guard members like the documents claim.
The expert who verified the documents for CBS now says he didn't realize he had photocopies, and he's explained before that- with modern photocopies, there's no way to verify a document is real, but it IS possible to verify it ISN'T.
Like I said before- Dan Rather needs to kiss his butt goodbye. He's over as a serious journalist- especially after his comments that those who are doubting the documents are "partisan political operatives."
Posted by Josh at September 14, 2004 12:59 AM | TrackBack