Tom Brosz mentioned this below but his link required registration. This new link currently does not require registration. An important quote from the article:

>Burkett, who served with the Texas National Guard in an administrative capacity
>before his 1998 retirement, has been involved in a bitter dispute with the Guard
>over medical benefits after suffering from a tropical disease following a military
>assignment to Panama. He has told reporters that he suffered a nervous
>breakdown and was hospitalized for depression after he left the Guard.

It appears that Dan Rather's source is a garden variety screwball. It's becoming clear
that Dan Rather along with some top level CBS executives need to be hauled before
a Congressional committee and asked embarassing questions.

Gary