Drudge is reporting that Bill Burkett now says that the Kerry campaign's Joe Lockhart tried to convince him to give the Rathergate memos to him. Lockhart has previously claimed that he only spoke with Burkett as a favor to CBS producer Mary Mapes, and that he "does not recall" discussing the memos during their telephone call.
Update (11:44pm PT):
Newsmax has a longer article with more information.
Update II (11:54pm PT):
The State (via Allah) has even more.
Update III (6:33pm PT 09/24/04):
The San Jose Mercury News has now retracted this story. I suspect that the contradictory and changing storylines from Bill Burkett will continue as long as he continues speaking with the press. On the one hand, this is a boon for CBS with respect to the lawsuit that Burkett is purportedly preparing against them. On the other hand, its terrible for CBS in that this is, apparently, Mr. Rather's "unimpeachable source."
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