John A. Shaw might have not followed the legal steps for disclosure but without his contribution, the liberals would have continued to blame for no evidence of WMD until the end of election. This news may have had some effect not just to justify the Iraq War but also justify President Bush for his judgement leading to Iraq War in the last few weeks of the election to show the truth to the public. John A. Shaw might deserve criticism but should not be punished hard. The real enemy to be punished are terrorist supporting Russia and Syria that have hidden the WMDs.
While Russian involvement was not clear, this was also already news in the early days of year 2004 even before John A. Shaw made it public. Related news was also posted on Free Republic about WMD stored in Syria. My memory is not clear but I also thought there was also news in the first few weeks of Iraq War about Russian special force involvement in Iraq.
Syria stores Iraq's WMD that was reported in Jan 2004.
http://www.2la.org/syria/iraq-wmd.phphttp://www.2la.org/syria/wmd.html" My
memory is not clear but I also thought there was also news in the first few weeks of Iraq War about Russian
special force involvement in Iraq. "
Yeah, There were reports posted on FR of Russian military advisors still in Iraq as we were advancing on Baghdad. Reported back then as retired military leadership...now they are presented as special forces. There also has been a report about the Russians aiding with nightvision stuff.