The Financial Times [1]:
“A UK government inquiry into the intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq is expected to conclude that Britain’s spies were correct to say that Saddam Hussein’s regime sought to buy uranium from Niger.
The inquiry by Lord Butler, which was delivered to the printers on Wednesday and is expected to be released on July 14, has examined the intelligence that underpinned the UK government’s claims about the threat from Iraq.”
Another “Bush Lied” claim fails.
At what point does the left have the courage to stand up and suggest that Bush wasn’t lying? James Joyner over at OTB notes the FT report [2], and apparently has noticed others finding the same thing… and they all seem more of less of a mind on the subject of the left admitting the gig is up…
“Jon Henke [3] predicts, “It will not be noted by the DNC. No retraction will be forthcoming from the appropriate corners.” Glenn Reynolds [4] guesses the story is “unlikely to make the front page of the New York Times tomorrow.” Probably not.”