From Dan Rather’s defense of the Killian documents last night,
Document and handwriting examiner marcel matley analyzed the documents for CBS news.
He says he believes they are real…but is concerned about exactly what is being examined by some of the people questioning the documents….
Because detioration occurs each time a document is reproduced…..
And the documents being analyzed outside of cbs have
Been photocopied, faxed, scanned and downloaded…. And are far removed from the documents cbs started with.
But then the New York Times reports,
Mr. Matley said the documents the network sent him were so deteriorated from copying that it was impossible to identify the typeface.
So apparently CBS is concerned about people trying to authenticate poorly copied and deteriorated documents only when it’s someone other than their expert.
And an odd puzzle remains. If this document came from Killian’s personal file, as CBS claims, how did it end up being copied repeatedly to get into such an advanced stage of deterioriation?
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