CBS arranged for meeting between document source and Kerry aide

USATODAY.com: Joe Lockhart, former press secretary to President Clinton and now working as a top aide to John Kerry, said a producer talked to him about the 60 Minutes program a few days before it aired on Sept. 8. She gave Lockhart a telephone number and asked him to call Bill Burkett, a former Texas National Guard officer who gave CBS the documents. Lockhart couldn't recall the producer's name. But CBS said Monday night that it would examine the role of producer Mary Mapes in passing the name to Lockhart.

Will Mapes become Rather's scapegoat, or will CBS fire both of them? My predictions: Mapes is looking for work by the end of the week, and CBS will pull out all the stops to restore Rather's credibility. However, the fallout from the scandal will be too much for CBS, and Rather will retire in mid-2005.