(1) They get Marcel Matley to give an interview. Matley now says he examined not the documents, but only one signature and that "There's no way that I, as a document expert, can authenticate them."

(2) They reveal that the Post has run its own, independent comparisons and found "dozens of inconsistencies, ranging from conflicting military terminology to different word-processing techniques."

(3) Among these inconsistencies: "Of more than 100 records made available by the 147th Group and the Texas Air National Guard, none used the proportional spacing techniques characteristic of the CBS documents. Nor did they use a superscripted 'th' in expressions such as '147th Group' and or '111th Fighter Intercept Squadron.'"

(4) And factual problems, too: "A CBS document purportedly from Killian ordering Bush to report for his annual physical, dated May 4, 1972, gives Bush's address as '5000 Longmont #8, Houston.' This address was used for many years by Bush's father, George H.W. Bush. National Guard documents suggest that the younger Bush stopped using that address in 1970 when he moved into an apartment, and did not use it again until late 1973 or 1974, when he moved to Cambridge, Mass., to attend Harvard Business School."

(5) And also important stylistic differences: "The CBS memos contain several stylistic examples at odds with standard Guard procedures, as reflected in authenticated documents."

(6) They demolish CBS News defenses: "In a CBS News broadcast Friday night rebutting allegations that the documents had been forged, Rather displayed an authenticated Bush document from 1968 that included a small 'th' next to the numbers '111' as proof that Guard typewriters were capable of producing superscripts. In fact, say Newcomer and other experts, the document aired by CBS News does not contain a superscript, because the top of the 'th' character is at the same level as the rest of the type. Superscripts rise above the level of the type."

(7) And then take down last night's new CBS expert, Bill Glennon: "But Glennon said he is not a document expert, could not vouch for the memos' authenticity and only examined them online because CBS did not give him copies when asked to visit the network's offices."