"Ev'ryboddy Wants ta Get inta de Act!"
Another county heard from.
This Iraqi War Scandal is beginning to stink to high heaven.
Let's see...
We heard long ago from the CIA that there was no connection between Saddam and the Al-Queda Network, and therefore, no connection to the people who brought us 9/11.
Later, we heard from Saddam himself that there was no connection between Saddam and the Al-Queda Network.
Then, there were rumors during the late winter that Bin Laden wouldn't touch Saddam's regime of infidels with a fork, seeing them as just as bad, if not worse, than the devils in DC, so, no, there was no connection between Saddam and the Al-Queda Network.
This was all scoffed at and dismissed in the oh-so-certain briefings and speeches given by everyone connected to the Bush administration.
But now this rumor gains legs, courtesy of the CIA and The New York Times.
It turns out that our prized Al-Queda bigwigs, Abu Zubaydah, a Qaeda planner and recruiter, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Qaeda chief of operations, both of whom were captured and interrogated weeks before the administration invaded Iraq, independently corroborated the above rumor of no Saddam/Bin Laden alliance. This information was dutifully passed up the chain. And dutifully dismissed and buried, because it did not fit the party line.
Although these men gave this information in early March, and it has been known by the White House and the Pentagon since it was obtained, the administration has steadfastly insisted there was a connection. For the simple reason that they WANTED there to be a connection. And, as we have come to know now, what they believe to be true must be—or be made to come—true.
In response, the administration had this to say (from NY Times).
A senior intelligence official played down the significance of their debriefings, explaining that everything Qaeda detainees say must be regarded with great skepticism.
I assume they were referring to the information we've obtained from these men since March which has led to the break-up of numerous terror cells around the world. That kind of skepticism.
Phew.
Think the book agents are sniffing around yet, trying to lobby for any future prison book deals?
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posted by Gotham 2:11 PM
