HANNITY: Your father liked George Bush. Your step mom even went as far as to say that he thought he was an excellent aviator, an excellent person, happy to have served with him, and have him serve under him. Is that true?
KILLIAN: Absolutely.
HANNITY: Yes. And now, you told this to a CBS producer for this piece prior to the "60 Minutes" piece airing. Is that correct, sir?
KILLIAN: That's right, Sean. In fact, even gave her other names of folks that he flew with, including his primary instructor and a fellow that he flew with and actually roomed with.
In fact, Sean, as you know, I sent you an e-mail to that effect.
HANNITY: Yes, and "60 Minutes" excluded both you and your step mom, told them specifically about what your father had said to both of you about George W. Bush, the good words you had to say that you relayed to "60 Minutes" about what your father had said about him.
KILLIAN: That's true.
HANNITY: They ignored what you said, correct?
KILLIAN: That's true. And apparently, they ignored testimony from other officers within the unit that knew him and flew with him.
HANNITY: Now, this is — this is an amazing development here, because CBS issued a statement and what they said tonight, they interviewed people familiar with you and your father and had worked with them, and that supported their documents, Gary.
But they interviewed you and your mother, and both of you told them the documents were likely not to have been written by your father and that clearly they ignored that and they ignored what your father directly told both of you about him.
KILLIAN: That's a fact.
HANNITY: That is an amazing development here. Now, what about these other people that you also advised "60 Minutes" that they could — they could go to? They had favorable accounts about your father's service — about George Bush's service?
KILLIAN: The people I spoke to at "60 Minutes?"
HANNITY: Yes, sir.
KILLIAN: OK. I spoke to a Mary Maddox (ph), who works out of their Dallas office.
HANNITY: But in other words, you recommended other people that would have confirmed your father's account, which was George Bush served honorably?
KILLIAN: That's correct.
HANNITY: And they ignored those — they ignored those accounts, as well?
KILLIAN: That's right. I named a couple of other officers specifically. Maurice Eudell, who was Bush's primary instructor and there to basically watch over him as he progressed as a pilot, as well as a — a Major Dean Rome (ph), who was somebody that often flew with Lieutenant Bush. And in fact, they shared an apartment together.
HANNITY: Has Dan Rather called you since this time? Has anybody tried to get corroboration from you since this time?
KILLIAN: No.
HANNITY: And what about your mother or your sister?
KILLIAN: Well, I think they were all contacted by "60 Minutes" prior to the release of the documents. I don't believe that anybody has been contacted or re-contacted since.
HANNITY: Did you see this — Dan Rather's piece tonight?
KILLIAN: No.
HANNITY: All right. But you.
KILLIAN: Sorry to say.
HANNITY: All right, but you've read it here.
Do you think that this was an effort by "60 Minutes" and CBS - now, based on your firsthand knowledge of speaking with this producer, do you think this was an effort that they were trying to engage in to use your father's name to smear George W. Bush?
KILLIAN: Sean, I'd rather just give it the benefit of the doubt and say they didn't do their homework.
HANNITY: Seems that if they didn't include your statement or your mother's statements — your step mom's statements.
KILLIAN: Right.
HANNITY: . and they purposely ignored the people that you knew that would corroborate your father's good feelings for George W. Bush, seems like they were setting up the president, to me.
KILLIAN: Well.
HANNITY: I'm guessing here.
KILLIAN: I guess you can draw that conclusion. I'd rather be generous and say that somebody didn't do their homework.
UPDATE: Minuteman came up with a one-liner I wish I had thought of: CBS must have considered Gary Killian, Udell, etc. "authentic but inaccurate".