Over at W 43rd Street, I guess, the Butler Report (PDF) 
    has been consigned to the dustbin of history or, at 
    least, appears to be blissfully ignored. . . .

    So when Weisman writes, in a non-opinion hard news story 
    in the leading paper in the land, that "the finding that 
    Iraq had tried to buy raw uranium from Niger for a 
    nuclear arms program...turned out to be based on forged 
    documents" -- he's being, shall we say, a bit economical 
    with the truth. The finding was based on something more 
    than just forgeries, it would seem, at least if you 
    believe the report of a leading independent U.K. jurist. 
    Of course, the NYT has been quite sloppy about this story 
    for at least over a year now (click thru for how 
    Weisman's piece is poorly worded indeed even if you are 
    just dealing with the SSCI report and the U.S. 
    intelligence side of the fence). 

    I know I beat on this story a bit like a dead horse. I do 
    so largely because the sixteen words of the SOTU have 
    been used by many as partisan talking point to 
    scream 'Bush lied'! But if you dig into the weeds of the 
    investigations that have taken place--one must 
    judiciously conclude that he didn't.