File under: WTF?

Will this fucking meme ever go away? Al-Qaeda and Hussein were not connected.

Some of the Pentagon's prewar intelligence work, including a contention that the CIA underplayed the likelihood of al-Qaida connections to Saddam Hussein, was inappropriate but not illegal, a Defense Department investigation has concluded. [emphasis mine]

Downplayed the likelihood? There was no likelihood. Anyone knowledgeable about the Mid-East knew Hussein did not support al-Qaeda.

As to whether twisting, fudging and contorting intelligence to suit president idiot is a crime, I don't know what the legal system would say, but its a huge crime to my mind.

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