Guest Opinion
I did an interview with Dan Rather in 2008 shortly after I resigned as chief prosecutor at Guantanamo. At the end of the interview, we went out on the street in Washington to shoot some footage of us walking together. As soon as we stepped outside, people recognized Mr. Rather. A group of foreign businessmen rushed up and asked if they could take a group photo with him. He said he would be happy to do it. He chatted with them for several minutes and shook each one’s hand before we returned to the task of filming our stroll. Most in his position would have ignored the passersby, but Mr. Rather seemed to genuinely enjoy the interaction.
Dan Rather anchored the CBS Evening News for 24 years. He left the anchor chair in 2005 following a "60 Minutes" piece he did in 2004 on then presidential candidate George Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard. The story alleged that Bush received preferential treatment to get into the Guard and was a goof-off during the time he served. Almost immediately, some questioned the authenticity of the documents the story was based on. CBS appointed a panel led by Dick Thornburgh, who was attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, and Louis Boccardi, former president of the Associated Press, to look into the "60 Minutes" piece. The panel issued a 224-page report and found that those involved in the Bush story failed to properly authenticate and corroborate the documents. As a result, four producers and executives were...
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