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...the 4 documents - which are now considered by 95% of the blogosphere as bad forgeries - that 60 Minutes "obtained" from the dead guy's personal file.

Is it too early to use the word "smear" or did Terry McAuliffe have exclusive use of the term?

Powerline has been ripping these docs to shreds all day. Now the latest two updates:

• UPDATE 11: CBS is sticking to its story. It's not entirely clear which story, however. Initially, CBS spokeswoman Kelli Edwards said:
  
  As is standard practice at CBS News, each of the documents broadcast on '60 Minutes' was thoroughly investigated by independent experts, and we are convinced of their authenticity.
  Later, however, Ms. Edwards sent out an email that appeared to revise the nature of the "authentication" process:
  
  CBS verified the authenticity of the documents by talking to individuals who had seen the documents at the time they were written. These individuals were close associates of Colonel Jerry Killian and confirm that the documents reflect his opinions at the time the documents were written.
  So what CBS is now saying is not that the documents are authentic, but that the opinions they express are authentic, based on the hearsay reports of anonymous persons alleged to be close associates of Col. Killian, who recall his views of thirty-two years ago. This is what passes for "authentication" in the mainstream media.

• UPDATE 12: In the August 18, 1973 memo "discovered" by 60 Minutes, Jerry Killian purportedly writes:
  
  Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush. I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job.
  But wait! Reader Amar Sarwal points out that General Staudt, who thought very highly of Lt. Bush, retired in 1972.
  
  The more I look at these "memos," the more obvious it appears that they are inept forgeries.

Going to be a lot of fired CBS employees getting drunk at the China Grill tomorrow.