September 23, 2004

BILL BURKETT says he was duped by CBC NEWS. Quotable::
Bill Burkett, a former commander in the Texas Air National Guard and a critic of Bush's past service in the Guard, told the Star-Telegram in an interview that he still believes that memos he gave to CBS are authentic. But he said that he had warned the television network to independently verify the reports before it aired them ..

Burkett said he thinks that CBS and anchor Dan Rather have tried to make him the "fall guy" in the dispute. He said Rather interviewed him for 3 � hours last week but used only portions of the tape that made Burkett look bad. He also said that "CBS duped me" by identifying him as the source of the documents. "Dan Rather ruined me in front of 70 million people," Burkett said.

UPDATE: Evidently there is more to the interview. Drudge has this:
CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS RANCHER SAYS LOCKHART WANTED DOCUMENTS // The source of a disputed CBSNEWS report claimed Thursday that Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart tried to "convince me as to why I should give them the documents." Texas Army National Guard Lt. Col. Bill Burkett tells the FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM that he has suffered four seizures since being identified as CBS' source and dogged by the media... Developing.
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