[ItsForTheChildren]

The original sealed indictment had added that al Qaeda had “reached an understanding with the government of Iraq that al Qaeda would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al Qaeda would work cooperatively with the Government of Iraq.”109This passage led Clarke, who for years had read intelligence reports on Iraqi-Sudanese cooperation on chemical weapons, to speculate to Berger that a large Iraqi presence at chemical facilities in Khartoum was “probably a direct result of the Iraq–Al Qida agreement.” Clarke added that VX precursor traces found near al Shifa were the “exact formula used by Iraq.”110This language about al Qaeda’s “understanding” with Iraq had been dropped, however, when a superseding indictment was filed in November 1998.111

So Clarke and Berger both knew about the Saddam-al Qaida connection - not some tenuous connection but "the agreement" (“probably a direct result of the Iraq–Al Qida agreement.” ) and Iraqi WMD (VX precursor traces found near al Shifa were the “exact formula used by Iraq.”).

Guess I missed that.

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So Clarke and Berger both knew about the Saddam-al Qaida connection - not some tenuous connection but "the agreement"

Yes...funny how this was not a big story on the nightly news. I have yet to find out just what the "agreement" entailed or how we even knew about it for that matter. Just what the heck was Clarke reading about all those years also.