George Will, Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Lou Dobbs, and Tucker Carlson were all considered to sit on the Rathergate Panel which was eventually chaired by Dick Thornburgh, the New York Observer reports. And there were others, the paper reports.

In his lawsuit, Dan complains that CBS chose conservative lawyers to investigate, but CBS countered that because the network and Dan were considered to be liberal, they thought it best to include conservatives.

Dan Rather’s lawsuit, now, centers around CBS joining forces with conservatives to attack the lefty ex-newsman.

It’s a strange lawsuit. Dan Rather is a strange person.