From Juan Cole's excellent blog INFORMED COMMENT: http://tinyurl.com/aha9r
Al-Libi Tagged as Liar by US Intelligence
Bush Alleged Saddam-al-Qaeda Tie
Douglas Jehl of the NYT reports that the Defense Intelligence Agency and other intelligence professionals strongly suspected that Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi was lying when he alleged, after his capture in Pakistan in 2001, that Iraq was training al-Qaeda in use of chemical weapons for terrorism.Common sense would have dictated that when a prisoner is in custody and telling you something explosive like this, you would only believe it if it was corroborated by other evidence...
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Al-Libi Tagged as Liar by US Intelligence
Bush Alleged Saddam-al-Qaeda Tie
Douglas Jehl of the NYT reports that the Defense Intelligence Agency and other intelligence professionals strongly suspected that Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi was lying when he alleged, after his capture in Pakistan in 2001, that Iraq was training al-Qaeda in use of chemical weapons for terrorism.Common sense would have dictated that when a prisoner is in custody and telling you something explosive like this, you would only believe it if it was corroborated by other evidence...
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