Over at Rathergate.com and Little Green Footballs there is speculation that CBS is attempting to "cover up" their mis- or non-identification of an interviewee in a segment about the draft potentially coming back in play if President Bush is re-elected. The evidence being used is this article on the CBS News website that "accompanies" the television story. The item, however, is not a transcript at all, and is merely a story about the topic in print form. Whether or not it has been edited I cannot prove or disprove at this time, but the following is the transcript of the story, obtained directly from CBS News this evening.

Schlesinger/Karas/ CSM MCENENY Eve News

Nat sot: Beverly At The Crossing

Beverly Cocco has spent most of her life protecting children in
Philadelphia.

More nat sot:

She spends most of her time worrying about other people's kids... but as
Election Day approaches, it's her own two grown sons who Beverly is most
worried about.

4918 I GO TO BED EVERY NIGHT AND I PRAY AND I ACTUALLY GET SICK TO MY
STOMACH.. I'M VERY WORRIED 4922 I'M SCARED. I'M ABSOLUTELY SCARED, I'M
PETRIFIED 4926

Beverly is petrified about a military draft...and she's not alone. There's
an undercurrent of anxiety...mass e-mails are circulating among parents
worried their kids could be called up.

But neither President Bush, nor John Kerry has said he will re-institute the
draft. In fact they both say...they won't.

SOT: Kerry3402 I WILL GIVE US A FOREIGN POLICY THAT ABSOLUTELY MAKES IT
UNNECESSARY TO HAVE A DRAFT FOR THIS COUNTRY 3407

(graphix)
Kerry says he'll try to get allies of the U.S. to send troops that could
relieve AMERICAN soldiers IN iRAQ.

(graphix)
The administration says THAT is pure fantasy. The president wants to train
more IRAQI troops to take over for the Americans. And he says despite the
war on terror there will be no draft.

Bush 1304 THE WAR ON TERROR WILL CONTINUE, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE AND NO,
WE DON'T NEED A DRAFT 1308

But Beverly's not buying it. She's a republican, but also a single issue
voter.

4430 (rj) WOULD YOU VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT? (bev) ABSOLUTELY 4432 I WOULD VOTE
FOR HOWDIE DOODY IF I THOUGHT IT WOULD KEEP MY BOYS HOME AND SAFE 4436

In fact there are at least 3 votes in this house riding on the draft.
Beverly's and her sons' Carmen and Nick.

5855 (rj) ARE YOU GUYS WORRIED ABOUT BEING DRAFTED? (both nod--nick says)
YEAH 5859
(close up nick)
5920 IT'S THE TALK. THE TALK'S THERE. 5922 THOUGH PEOPLE AREN'T ACTUALLY
COMING OUT AND SAYING IT, IT'S THERE 5927

What worries the Coccos is the continuing need for more troops in dangerous
places. And the machinery for a draft is already in place. All men have to
register when they turn 18. The Director of Selective Service...believes he
could start drafting people quickly.

SOT: JacK MARTIN.Selective Service: I THINK WE COULD DO IT IN LESS THAN SIX
MONTHS IF WE GOT THE CALL.

On Camera: THIS TIME THERE WOULD BE NO LONG DEFERMENTS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.
AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAFT THAN BEFORE. MEN AND
WOMEN AGE 18 TO 26 COULD BE CALLED UP. THERE HASN'T BEEN A DRAFT SINCE 1973
BUT THAT'S MUCH COMFORT TO BEVERLY COCO.

So she is keeping a sharp eye on the political traffic...She's a Bush
supporter today...but if she doesn't like what she hears between now and
November...she could easily cross over.

At no point does it say anything about the "People Against the Draft" organization, and is the official transcript of the program. The article is not.

[update: 9/30 6:57am] Daily Dose of Mayo posts a link to the it seems that the original article (not transcript), which did not originally have the "People Against the Draft" - you can see the cache here. Changing news stories is something that happens all the time - though some outlets post when they last updated. (via a comment on Rathergate)

[update: 9/30 1:39pm] Bill at INDC Journal posts interviews he did with members of the CBS News staff on the subject. Misleading doesn't begin to describe how these stories are beginning to appear. [Via Outside the Beltway]