Jim Lobe, AlterNet
November 20, 2003 http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17230
The leak of a secret memorandum written by a senior Pentagon official reveals less about the connection between Saddam and al Qaeda than the growing desperation of neo-conservative hawks in the Bush administration.
A Weekly Standard article, titled "Case Closed," published Monday summarized a lengthy memorandum sent to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Oct. 27 by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Douglas Feith. He was responding to a request to provide evidence supporting his assertion during a closed hearing last July that U.S. intelligence agencies had established a long- standing operational links between al Qaeda and Baghdad. <SNIP> http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/378fmxyz.asp http://www.weeklystandard.com/content/public/articles/000/000/003/396hflxy.asp