[potlatch]

Saddam discovered his own weapon of mass destruction..

[PhilDragoo]

So the spetznatz drove empty trucks to Bekaa and General Sada's report of 56 flights in converted airliners was fiction.

No. Saddam had stuff, hid stuff, and conned Piro knowing that possession of WMDs would hasten his demise.

Saddam being after all somewhat of a REALIST, who knew that no FAIRY TALE was going to keep Iran from attacking.

There is the truth, and there is deniability, and there is another layer of deniability, and another.

Remember that Goering conned his Allied officer handler who had those friendly chats and allowed the Nazi to get to his poison and cheat the hangman.

Saddam met the hangman with many secrets intact.

Waterboarding instead of cookies would have been better, but Turban Durbin would have wet himself.