Suppose that this was all PLANNED w/ Russia during the run up and the pussy-footing at the UN....sort of like good cop/bad cop - Saddam (and his cohorts at the UN) are the perps.
Russia does not want to lose big bucks when Saddam goes out - but really would prefer he were gone. So, they "work with him" but not really. They get their stuff, get the dangerous goodies out of what they know will soon be a war zone, and don't tip France and Germany by siding outright with the US. This would explain the reports that Russia convinced Saddam that we wouldn't actually invade. This sounds to me like the ultimate double cross. Sounds like a KGB novel. Oh, wait...KGB....
Maybe my tinfoil hat is on too tight...but NOTHING would shock me here...
And finally, to answer your question....if this were the case, the MSM will spin it that Bush LIED and kept all this secret. Oh, and they might mention that BUSH LIED.
I like it. But could it be as simple as Russia's need for oil, and the realization that Russia needs our help to defeat the bastards they are fighting? Did they not want the civilized world to know they were tools to set up this crazy terrorism. Did they slowly realize Sadam was in bed with Osama and the others? Enemy of my enemy thing?