Not LBN..but something I found.."Was U.S. 'duped' by Saddam?"

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Weapons tipsters under scrutiny
Did Saddam plant disinformation?


BOB DROGIN
SPECIAL TO THE STAR

WASHINGTON—Frustrated at the failure to find Saddam Hussein's suspected stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, United States and allied intelligence agencies have launched a major effort to determine if they were victims of bogus Iraqi defectors who planted disinformation to mislead the West before the war.

The goal, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, "is to see if false information was put out there and got into legitimate channels and we were totally duped on it." He added: "We're re-interviewing all our sources of information on this. This is the entire intelligence community, not just the U.S."

The far-reaching review was started after a political firestorm erupted this summer over revelations that U.S. President George W. Bush's claim in his January State of the Union speech that Iraq had sought to import uranium from Niger was based on forged documents.

The Star.com

With the election looming, Deand and others taking the Bush junta to task...is it time to dig up every excuse, lie and deception in the book??? I think so!

[treepig]

1. except for john kerry and george bush,

pretty much no.