Originally Posted by OpieCunningham

Wow, that sounds almost EXACTLY like what we know about Bush+Co's comments on Iraq's attempts to obtain nuclear technology: that an expert (the CIA) repeatedly warned them that the information was not anywhere near solid and admonished them not to use it.

But they did.

For Rather's sake - I only hope the conservatives don't completely destroy him like they have destroyed Bush. Then again, Rather's blunder assuredly doesn't have the magnitude of import that Bush's had ... so I think the conservatives will probably not feel the need to completely trash Rather's rep like they have with Bush.