\t\t\t\tDear Mr. Matley,<\/p>\n
I write because you’ve been identified as the expert who authenticated suspicious memos concerning President Bush for Dan Rather of CBS News. I was in the photo-typesetting business in the mid-70s, and I spent many hours examining text produced by computer printers, Selectric typewriters, Linotypes, and photo typesetters in great detail, and I found your conclusion quite astonishing.<\/p>\n
I see from your bio available on the Internet that you’re actually a handwriting expert and not a typography expert, so I’d like to ask if your work for CBS News encompassed the typographic features of the memos in question. If it did, I’d appreciate your suggesting what make and model of output device available to the military in 1972 could have produced variable size fonts, variable line spacing, and kerning. I’m not aware of one.<\/p>\n
Similarly, I’m curious if you attested the authenticity of the grammatical features of the memos, in terms of such things as abbreviation and punctuation? The military has well-established standards for these things, which I’m sure would be familiar to you as an expert.<\/p>\n
Finally, we’d all appreciate knowing how much time CBS News gave you to check these documents and any other useful information you an offer.<\/p>\n
I’m interested in getting to the truth, so I’d like to share your response on the Internet for the many, many interested parties who now have serious questions about your analysis.<\/p>\n
Best Regards,<\/p>\n
Richard Bennett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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