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The discussion centers on the discovery of document fraud related to CBS memos, highlighted in post 47 by a user named "Buckhead." The key point is the identification of the use of proportionally spaced fonts in documents that were supposedly created in 1972, a time when typewriters, which used monospaced fonts, were the norm. Buckhead argues that this indicates the documents are forgeries, likely produced using modern technology to mimic older styles. The conversation evolves as participants analyze specific details, such as the inconsistent formatting of military titles, further supporting the claim of forgery. The implications of this discovery are significant, suggesting a deliberate attempt to mislead regarding the authenticity of the documents. The thread captures the growing realization among users about the potential ramifications of these findings.
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The discovery of the document fraud as it happened! Scroll down to post 47, which shows the initial 09/08/2004 discovery that something is amiss with the CBS docs – The poster is a lawyer who goes by the Internet moniker "Buckhead." I assume "Buckhead" is now a conservative internet legend. Go to the site and read the thread ffrom 47 on as posters begin to understand what has just been discovered and the implications.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210662/posts?q=1&&page=1


Here's the famous (or infamous) Post 47

To: Howlin

Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.

In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.

The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used monospaced fonts.

I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.

This should be pursued aggressively.

47 posted on 09/08/2004 8:59:43 PM PDT by Buckhead
 
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I do like the term "Fraudcasters."

Here is an interesting line from the Blog:

"I noticed something related that may or may not have been brought up yet. Whenever the forger writes 1st Lt Bush or 147th or anything like that, it's always 1 st or 147 th. It looks like the forger put the space in on purpose to get by the automatic superscripting, but missed a couple."

I think he may be right.

Here is the shockwave demo that pretty much nails it:

http://img41.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img41&image=60minbusted.swf
 
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