heh.. nice link techno..
this story's the equivalent of a fossil though. personally, it doesn't make a difference to me whether bush intentionally lied, unwittingly lied, was intentionally duped by the neocons or whatever.. none of that absolves bush from creating this country's biggest blunder following vietnam (the effects of which we are still feeling).
so much for accountability though, right? the apologists can't do anything but point fingers in a million different directions rather than realize that it was bush who decided to send us to war. even IF these labs were real, that still wouldn't have made bush's decision a good decision - because we were not under any "grave" threat of any sort from iraq. when i have someone working for me who's incompetent, i get rid of that person regardless of whether they're nice/not.. interesting that the cult of apologists couldn't do the same with bush - instead they rewarded him for his incompetence!
of course the white house is going to cry foul over this story.. tough fucking shit - they brought all of this upon themselves.