[okie01]

Seems to me that somebody in the federal government is actively interested in burying any Iraq-terrorism connection -- whether associated with 9/11, Oklahoma City or al-Qaeda.

Obviously, that somebody also has strong connections with the media.

What isn't so clear is the motivation. Offhand, I can think of three possibilities.

1. Bureaucracy: an attempt to cover-up one's own (or one's own agency's) mistaken assessments.

2. Politics: an attempt to undermine what would constitute clear public justification for the Iraq war.

3. Treason: a mole who was on Saddam's payroll. Or al-Qaeda's...

The temptation is to believe the former. But the possibility (and danger) of the latter can't be ignored.

That the middle one is even plausible says volumes...

[Fedora]

I agree. My own suspicion is it may partly reflect an attempt to cover up blowback associated with Oklahoma City; in addition to the more obvious factor of the liberal media's desire to avoid linking 9/11 to Iraq.