[Grut]

Let me play devil's advocate: how do all these recent revelations differ from what would be claimed if the government was making up stories to justify a settled policy? How do we suddenly know such things when Iraq has been so hard to penetrate, to date?

[Right_in_Virginia]

"How do we suddenly know such things when Iraq has been so hard to penetrate, to date?"

Why do you say Iraq's been hard to penetrate? We've been interviewing Iraq's scientists and taking photographs of everything moving in Iraq for years.

I think Iraq is a pretty open book, and has been for years. What's changed is that neither Bush nor Blair will ignore the facts.

[copycat]

Let me play devil's advocate: how do all these recent revelations differ from what would be claimed if the government was making up stories to justify a settled policy? How do we suddenly know such things when Iraq has been so hard to penetrate, to date?

This info, (ie that bio-labs exist inside milk trucks, etc.) could only come from an inside source.

It makes sense that the kind of source that could reveal this type of info is also the type which cannot be exposed in any way, for fear of discovery.