Membranophonist’s Ramblings

A high Qaeda official in American custody was identified as a likely fabricator months before the Bush administration began to use his statements as the foundation for its claims that Iraq trained Al Qaeda members to use biological and chemical weapons, according to newly declassified portions of a Defense Intelligence Agency document.

NY Times: Report Warned Bush Team About Intelligence Suspicions

The D.I.A. report also pointed out why it was highly unlikely that Saddam and Osama (still a free man, by the way) were collaborating; Saddam’s regime is intensely secular and is unlikely to provide assistance to a group it cannot control.