Pigeon O'Brien, friend of Rielle Hunter, speaking with Anderson Cooper:

COOPER: Do you think she was on the payroll for valid reasons?

O'BRIEN: Her -- the Webisodes were groundbreaking at the time. It was a time before YouTube, if you recall. YouTube did not exist yet. And she produced citizenry documentary Webisodes about this candidate behind the scenes. It was enormously groundbreaking at the time, really, in context, tremendously innovative, and a great use of video technology, and a great piece of -- at that point, it wasn't campaign. It was his PAC.

And it was a great piece of -- of documentary footage. They were quite -- quite groundbreaking.

USA Today, July 2006:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-07-16-youtube-views_x.htm

Hunter's 6-month contract with the Edwards campaign ended Dec 31, 2006.

The "YouTube Did Not Exist" defense isn't going to fly.