Don: you believe the 60 Minutes report because it was reported by a highly respected news organization. I would add to you statement, a highly biased to the left news organization.

A news story in the Dallas Morning News reported this morning (available on the Drudge report)that the person who supposedly wrote the memos left the National Guard a year or so before the date on the memos. Did CBS miss that little point? It would seem so. Also, I heard an interview with the son of the Lt. Col. who, supposedly, wrote the memos yesterday. He said he told the CBS producer who called that he doubted the authinticity of the memos, and that his mother shared his opinion. Did CBS report that? I don't think so. He said he also gave the producer the names of people who flew with Bush and even shared an apartment with him. Did they contact him? I don't think so. Ths son also reported that his dad thought highly of Bush as a person and as a pilot. Was that reported? I don't think so.

Also from the Drudge Report: "Retired Major General Hodges, Lt. Col. Killian's supervisor at the National Guard told ABC News that he feels CBS misled him about the documents they uncovered. According to Hodges, CBS told him the documents were "handwritten" and after CBS read him excerpts he said, "well if he wrote them that's what he felt." Hodges also said he did not see the documents in the 70's and he cannot authenticate the documents or the contents. His personal belief is that the documents have been "computer generated" and are a "fraud." Was this reported on 60 Minutes?

CBS responded to Hodges: "We believed Col. Hodges the first time we spoke with him. We believe the documents are genuine. We stand by our story and will continue to report on it."

DougR