Even CBS isn't spinning it this way. Reuters might as well be from Mars.
I'm guessing the "confusion reigned" spin first began with the administration. They want to distance themselves from their guy Allawi. Rueters then takes the "confusion reigns" bait -- hook, line and sinker.
Not Dan Rather though. He sees the CIA angle on this and isn't about to carry the administrations water, so doesn't go with the "confusion reigns" story.
Either way, most likely, "confusion reigns" at both CBS and Reuters as the administrations seems to be getting their way.
Allawi is administrations guy and he is one of the good guys -- too.