[jveritas]

There is no reason to doubt that these documents are not authentic. They were found in the Iraqi military basis, Iraqi intelligence headquarters, Saddam palaces, and some other Saddam regime government buildings. There is no way that after the war, people came and planted these documents.

[Das Outsider]

There is no reason to doubt that these documents are not authentic. They were found in the Iraqi military basis, Iraqi intelligence headquarters, Saddam palaces, and some other Saddam regime government buildings. There is no way that after the war, people came and planted these documents.

I had to ask since FMSO does issue an authenticity disclaimer. I can't think of a conceivable way that the documents could have been forged following the 2003 invasion, and the prospect of pre-invasion decoys is unlikely. The forgers would have to be U.S. or coalition forces. Only in an "everyone lied about everything" frame of mind could that ever sound reasonable. Thanks.

[Das Outsider]

P.S. I also had to ask because of the fact that Dan Darling of the Weekly Standard reported two days ago that the document had not yet been verified.