Today's Reading

From the Weekly Standard

"OSAMA BIN LADEN and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logistical support for terrorist attacks, al Qaeda training camps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financial support for al Qaeda--perhaps even for Mohamed Atta--according to a top secret U.S. government memorandum obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

The memo, dated October 27, 2003, was sent from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to Senators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller, the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It was written in response to a request from the committee as part of its investigation into prewar intelligence claims made by the administration. Intelligence reporting included in the 16-page memo comes from a variety of domestic and foreign agencies, including the FBI, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency. Much of the evidence is detailed, conclusive, and corroborated by multiple sources. Some of it is new information obtained in custodial interviews with high-level al Qaeda terrorists and Iraqi officials, and some of it is more than a decade old. The picture that emerges is one of a history of collaboration between two of America's most determined and dangerous enemies. ..."

Read the Rest. Utterly fascinating.
-bear

Comments

[Winnie]

That was just Bill Kristol "doing his thing"...
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/nr20031115-0642.html Winnie

[bear]

winnie,
Interesting DoD statement, no? But does it deny the tie? See 7:20 am post here for discussion:
http://oxblog.blogspot.com/2003_11_16_oxblog_archive.html
for discussion.
-bear

[bear]

winnie,
further discussion about the DoD release, and more extensive roundup of opinion is here at Instapundit. http://www.instapundit.com/

Interesting story; I can't wait to see how it falls out.
-bear