So, where are(were) those WMDs?

[Nicodemus Phaulkon]

There's always been rumours and allegations that the weapons were ferried out of Iraq before the US troops went in. There's never been concrete enough proof. Well, this simply confirms those rumours.

Assertions by a Deputy Undersecretary, who is consequently shunned and unsupported by his Department, spell "concrete" to you, neh?

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials distanced themselves from comments in The Washington Times by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense John Shaw about the explosives...

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But senior Pentagon officials told CNN they have seen no intelligence information that would corroborate Shaw's assessment.

Asked about Shaw's comments during an interview on WABC radio in New York, Rumsfeld said, "No, I have no information on that at all and cannot validate that even slightly."

Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita said Shaw was not speaking for the Pentagon and that his views were not those of senior defense officials. DiRita also said that Shaw's superiors were talking to him about his comments.

Seems the Washington Times should have invested into a bit more corroboration, as opposed to following Dan Rather down into the Abyss of Journalistic Sensationalism.