The media has lied and Americans have died.
I am confused as to why this information was withheld from both the media and the public until now.
I've got link after link of confirming information from before these documents were released.
These documents are among those that have been found since the takeover of Iraq. My guess is that there is the stated reason and an unstated reason why they've been slow to release them.
For the record, they've said that translation is slow and there are millions of pages. That's true to a degree, and especially if someone insists on perfect translations.
Off the record, my bet is that they had to have some means of going over these for any information about chemical, nuclear, or biological LOCATIONS before they released them. It wouldn't help to let insurgents have access to documents detailing the location(s) of nuke, bio, or chemicals that had been hidden.