They Must Not Think Very Much of Us

by DFA Staff [courtesy of Blog for America]

The Bush administration has blocked a planned web release of a Pentagon study that determined there was no pre-war link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaida.  Instead, they will mail a copy to reporters if it is requested.  Obviously, this is nothing more than a strange attempt at a delay because the study will no doubt be scanned and on the internet in no time.  More from McClatchy:

In making their case for invading Iraq in 2002 and 2003, President Bush and his top national security aides claimed that Saddam's regime had ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network.

But the study, based on more than 600,000 captured documents, including audio and video files, found that while Saddam sponsored terrorism, particularly against opponents of his regime and against Israel, there was no evidence of an al Qaida link.

Danny
Communications Director