The Little Green Footballs post:

Is British reporter Michael Smith, who broke the Downing Street memo story (after re-typing and destroying the originals), the same Michael Smith who was hired by Mary Mapes as a CBS assistant producer in the Rathergate scandal?

You can almost hear the ohpleaseGodletitbetrueohohohohpleasebetrue-ohpleaseimgonnacumiswearimgonnacumohpleaseletitbetrue breathlessness behind their words.

Sadly, the answer is no.

Not surprising speculation coming from LGF, especially when anybody with rudimentary google skills can easily find out that Michael Smith is (a) A Brit and (b) worked for the Telegraph last fall instead of CBS.