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Drudge has the news we've been expecting: Burkett will sue CBS:
CBS DOC SOURCE SET TO SUE NETWORK FOR LIBEL
Wed Sep 22 2004 00:05:20 ET
Bill Burkett, the man identified yesterday by CBS as the source of the controversial documents used in its September 8 “60 Minutes II” report questioning President Bush’s Air National Guard service, plans to sue the network, the NY SUN reports.
Burkett has had “several meetings with lawyers to determine the best course of action.” The planned lawsuit would center on “defamation of character and libel.”
The best part is that Burkett is complaining that CBS promised to authenticate the documents:
“Bill Burkett went with CBS News on this over ABC News, the New York Times, and the Washington Post because they promised to work the hardest to protect him and authenticate the documents. ,” Mr.Van Os told the Sun. “Bill leveled with [CBS] about his doubts over the papers, and they promised him they would take their time. They spent all of three days, maybe less, on authentication.”
Now this is a pretty interesting move. Burkett may be bonkers, but if he actually is the one who forged the documents, wouldn't a lawsuit open him up to all sorts of risk? Or, is Burkett expecting a suit from CBS, and merely launching a pre-emptive strike?
Like many others, I continue to believe that there are many shoes of this story left to drop... Burkett is looking more and more like a patsy every day.
Via JustOneMinute
