That I think is the ultimate purpose of the Hailey paper, as well as any other lame attempts by CBS at CYA.

I think the Hailey hoax is just to place enough reasonable doubt to any case that CBS was wilfully negligent in accepting the docs as authentic...

Once I saw Hailey's thorough analysis, I could only arrive at two conclusions.

The memos are authentic and Killian used Photoshop to create them.

Case closed.

Ha!

CBS knew well enough before it ran the broadcast to retain two forensic experts -- Emily Will and Linda James -- certified by the National Association of Document Examiners. Both refused to authenticate the documents, as did every certified expert thereafter. It can't argue that uncertified, obviously mistaken opinions issued after the broadcast aired are in any way relevant to its good faith in airing the initial program.

I wouldn't be surprised at all, though, if the "independent" internal investigation simply ignores the timeline and credentials to conclude that Mapes and Rather "coulda" thought they were real. Although they're allegedly only examining events leading up to the September 8th broadcast, they'll likely make an exception to shed a little retroactive doubt. And don't expect any express finding that the documents were forgeries; at most, they'll conclude that they weren't "completely authenticated."

Prepare for the whitewash.

Also, don't be surprised if the looney opinions of Messrs. Katz and Glennon are cited as evidence that CBS acted reasonably, notwithstanding that they were specifically selected to buy time and perpetrate a cover-up.

Next expert on deck for CBS: H.G. Wells, who opines, "It is not only possible, but probable that Jerry Killian traveled forward through time to use contemporary word processing technology to produce the memos." Wells assumes Killian's motivation for expending Herculean efforts on such a mundane task was due to "Killian's obsession with proportion, exact centering and the quest for a decent smoothie." No comment yet from Dan Rather or CBS as to the impact of Wells' death in 1946 on the report's credibility.

Why deny CBS this last length of rope?

To mix metaphors, the hook is already down their gullet and out their behind, and now they're attempting to swallow it again.

Ayn Rand called this "whim worship." Ms. Mapes & Co. WISH the documents not to have been fabricated. Since there is no reality but that conjured by the great collective mind at CBS/DNC, their wish must be true. Other people may have their wishes, but what does that count for in their universe -- their "truth" Will out.

I've watched the left operate for many years (I'm a little old lady), but I've never seen them be so utterly obvious. It is pathetic. Small children do not occupy such a world.

Didn't the secretary say that the office used an Olympia typewriter?

Are we to assume that the TANG colonel had another, custom-built typewriter available to him?

Calling Dr. Occam... emergency in CBS and academia!

Nah, they used a prototype IBM Hyperwrite device being field tested at the TANG. Only 5 were built because they were mechanical nightmares. Microsoft copied the design in software.

Well, it makes as much sense as time travel ...