Utah State Professor Attempts Forgery Authentication

David E. Hailey, Jr., Ph.D, Associate Professor at Utah State University, apparently wants to work for CBS or is related to Dan Rather. It's unknown at present whether the university is involved, but Professor Hailey has been doing his damnedest to authenticate the already discredited forged memos of Bill Burkett. Unfortunately for Hailey, Paul and Kevin at Wizbang have already blown holes in his effort to manufacture evidence. Consequently, Hailey is now feverishly trying to cover his tracks and the university is calling for a stop. Too late, copies of everything have been gathered. Now the only question is whether the university is culpable in the attempted fraud. The story continues to develop.

[Update] Gerry at Daly Thoughts relates a little anecdote about Professor Hailey which seems appropriate for someone who would resort to fraud. It seems the professor can rationalize anything.