Stephen Hayes Responds

Stephen Hayes, the Weekly Standard journalist who has done a terrific job of reporting the links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, has a new article in which he responds to this week's 9/11 staff statement and the patently dishonest way in which it was spun by the New York Times and other elite media:

There They Go Again

In a related item, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he warned the US on several occasions after 9/11 that Iraqi intelligence was planning terrorist attacks against American targets or interests:

Putin Says Russia Warned U.S. on Saddam (link via Watch)

I'm not completely sold on Mr. Putin's credibility, but just the fact that he would say this publicly means that his allegations have to be taken seriously.