The Politico reports that Ron Suskind’s new book claims the Bush administration suborned the CIA to forge “a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein,” linking Iraq to al-Qaeda. What the Politco doesn’t mention, but the Anonymous Liberal blog picks up, is that the allegedly forged letter also advanced the Niger uranium fable. “I’m not sure what proof, if any, Suskind has that the White House was responsible for this letter,” Anonymous Liberal concludes, “but if that claim is true, it’s a HUGE deal.” (Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan.)

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