Keith Olbermann says the three CBS executives who were “asked to resign” over the fraudulent memos scandal … haven’t. And there are now lawyers involved.

SECAUCUS — After the Thornburgh-Boccardi report on CBS News came out a week ago yesterday, it was the big question:

Why did four mid-level executives lose their jobs, when nobody above them and nobody on the air, did?

Never assume, as Felix Ungar warned. It turns out three of those four executives are still working for CBS News. Thus did CBS President/Chairmam Leslie Moonves confirm to writers covering the television publicity tour in Los Angeles today.

Mary Mapes, the producer behind the so-called “Killian Memos” story, was fired outright. But Senior Vice President Betsy West, “60 Minutes 2” Executive Producer Josh Howard, and his deputy Mary Murphy, were asked to resign in the aftermath of the independent investigation.

Mr. Moonves says they have not. “They are in discussions now,” he noted, and added that there were lawyers now involved, so he couldn’t say much more.