[John H K]

Sounds like a 10-million RPM spin effort basically saying "We were totally wrong but we're incapable of admitting it because we're all about self-promotion" from DEBKRAP.

[A_Niceguy_in_CA]

Could be spin. However, Debka wasn't the only source to announce this defection of Uday's senior aide. And Debka has been fairly accurate a few times before in their information.