A NEST OF WINGNUT WORMS

First, let's recall that Judith 'War Whore" Miller, buddy of Scooter Libby, and wingnut Laurie Mylroie co-authored a book about..."Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf." Spencer Ackermann at ThinkProgress provides a little more information about the web of the crazies who took over American foreign policy:

Paul Wolfowitz told Richard Clarke that Clarke needed to stop worrying so much about Usama bin Laden and focus on Mylorie’s argument that groups like al-Qaeda were just beards for Saddam Hussein. Or that time Wolfowitz sent Jim Woolsey abroad to check out Mylroie’s claims.