Marcel Matley has backed off the claim that Rather’s memos are authentic:
CBS executives have pointed to Matley as their lead expert on whether the memos are genuine, and included him in a “CBS Evening News” defense of the story Friday. Matley said he spent five to eight hours examining the memos. “I knew I could not prove them authentic just from my expertise,” he said. “I can’t say either way from my expertise, the narrow, narrow little field of my expertise.”
In looking at the photocopies, he said, “I really felt we could not definitively say which font this is.” But, he said, “I didn’t see anything that would definitively tell me these are not authentic.”
Asked about Matley’s comments, CBS spokeswoman Sandy Genelius said: “In the end, the gist is that it’s inconclusive. People are coming down on both sides, which is to be expected when you’re dealing with copies of documents.”
This answers most of our questions for him.
seriously…who cares ?
what’s the answer to this, Richard:
Did Bush get suspended from flying a plane for not showing up to a physical exam that was required by the military ?
You know, if Bush would just own up- as in “ownership society” – to his past, there wouldn’t be a problem.