I'm sure the President's folks, as well as all of our intelligence agencies knew all along, but what could they do about it?
What a coincidence, I was listening to SuziQ (CCR, that's Creedence Clearwater Revival...a band) before I tuned to Rush.
Here's something for you: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:g_AWcuDHqfkJ:fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/48601.pdf+Mahmood+Ahmadinejad+history+Iran+hostage+interview&hl=en
Well they could have gone public with the information but then again that might have made the jerk even more popular in Iran.