Conversation so far:
What were the Killian documents?
a series of memos critical of President George W.
Bush's Texas Air National Guard service record.
When were these written?
1970s.
Were they written by Rather?
discovered in the personal files of Lt.
Bush's former commanding officer, Lt.
Col.
Jerry B.
Killian.
Did Rather report about this on the news?
Rather reported on 60 Minutes Wednesday.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
later reported that its source for the documents - former Texas Army National Guard officer Lt.
Col.
Bill Burkett - had misled the network about how he had obtained them.
What happened after that?
Rather and CBS initially defended the story.

Question: Did the truth come out?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the truth come out about how the Killian documents were obtained?