[DustyMoment]

The principal U.S. intelligence analysis, called a National Intelligence Estimate, wasn't completed until October 2002, well after the United States and United Kingdom apparently had decided military force should be used to overthrow Saddam's regime.

If memory serves, by October of 2002, Bush and Powell (with the support of Tony Blair and Powell) were beginning to do the UN Dance in preparation for sending troops and materiel to Kuwait.

It appears to me, then, based on this information, that there is neither smoke nor fire and the Times is trying to create a nonexistent controversy to drive the newly elected PM Blair out of office a bit earlier than he might already be planning to go.

Move along, nothing to see here.

[stitches1951]

I still haven't "seen" the document. I've seen a transcript of a purported document, but no document. Could it be the left has learned from Blathergate? It seems so out of character, but perhaps they have found some way to combine their collective intelligence and reach an IQ measured to a high two or low three decimal positions.
I'd like to hear a chemical analysis has been completed on the ink that marks this as "Secret". In UK, it isn't commercially available and would make a good starting point to verify the authenticity. I'll not be holding my breath.

[JoeV1]

This was released only days before the British election and it's intent was obvious. This has the same stink of the Rathergate memo's.