"Bill C" wrote in message
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"There is no need for an investigation because we're quite certain he
did it," one senior Bush administration official said."

In case you don't understand that - the CIA has the direct recordings of it.
Or a reliable eye witness.

" previously undisclosed CIA report written in the summer of 2002
questioned the "credibility" and "truthfulness" of an Al Qaeda
detainee who became a key source for the Bush administration's claims
about links between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden."

Again - if you have a dozen documents claiming very good evidence that
someone is telling the truth do you believe them or the one document that is
opposite? And tell me why you would believe that the CIA are so stupid?

Look, these guys aren't making up their minds on the evidence of one or two
"maybe" pieces of evidence. They have huge intelligence operations and from
those returns they have to make up their minds ON THE SAFE SIDE of security.
That means that they always have to take the path of greatest safety. That
doesn't mean they're correct.