This is news?
Well, I've been trying off and on all day to link to the story about Reagan Administration Navy Secretary John Lehman's "revelation" about Ahmed Hikmat Shakir, the Lieutenant Colonel in the Fedayeen Saddam who was a high-ranking member of al Quaeda. It's nothing new, of course; it's the substance of Stephen F. Hayes' book- which isn't even a new book anymore. It's been the subject of discussion among the President's supporters literally for weeks, and has been cited over and over in debates with liberals.
Its name,of course, is The Connection : How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America, and it was reviewed by Hayes' own Weekly Standard and by The Wall Street Journal (among others) fully a month ago. I even mentioned it in this blog. But it seems to be enough of a sensation that it's hard to get through to the UPI story. I can't wait to find out who is amazed.
The point, in any case, is that it isn't news- and if the 9/11 Commission acts as if it were, that would be enough to turn that partisan travesty into an outright laughing-stock.
Its name,of course, is The Connection : How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America, and it was reviewed by Hayes' own Weekly Standard and by The Wall Street Journal (among others) fully a month ago. I even mentioned it in this blog. But it seems to be enough of a sensation that it's hard to get through to the UPI story. I can't wait to find out who is amazed.
The point, in any case, is that it isn't news- and if the 9/11 Commission acts as if it were, that would be enough to turn that partisan travesty into an outright laughing-stock.
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