Mary Mapes Dodge

I get to make my Hans Brinker reference after all! It looks like CBS may indeed be throwing producer Mary Mapes to the wolves (via INDC Journal):

The fallout from CBS's doomed story about President Bush's National Guard service most endangers a woman few viewers know but who played a key role in two of the biggest television stories of the year.
Mary Mapes, a veteran producer at CBS News, reported most of the National Guard story, including obtaining the documents CBS now says it can't authenticate. She also passed on the phone number of her source, former Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, to the Kerry campaign.

An old co-worker of hers says, "She definitely was someone who was motivated by what she cared about and definitely went into journalism to make a difference. She's not the sort of person who went into journalism to report the news and offer an array of commentary."

Well knock me down with a feather.