[DEM-SPOILER]

One theory I heard that came from another freeper suggested that Bush is downplaying this because he doesn't want to alert the terrorist to the WMD existence because if they get hold of some and find that they are still viable, the terrorists can do great harm to our troops and country. Bush would rather take the political hit from the Dems than put our troops and nation at risk because that's the kind of outstanding President we have in the Whitehouse. I agree. This fits, and is the only plausible reason I can think of for not totally obliterating the Dems lies. After all, I heard that Bush fought to keep this information classified.

[CedarDave]

There are all sorts of stories out there, including that we don't want to embarass the French, Russians, Germans who supplied the gas. Or that the Russians helped move the gas to Syria, or one farfetched one that the Russians switched the gas before the canisters went to Syria and took the real stuff back to Russia with them. Others I've heard are that all the info gathered was lost by Centcom in summer 2003 when a hard drive was erased/lost during there move from Saudi Arabia to Quatar, and a February NY Sun article that they are buried in the sand, covered with concrete and soil and flooded to create a marsh.