“The leak of a secret memorandum written by a senior Pentagon official reveals less about the connection between Saddam and al Qaeda than the growing desperation of neo-conservative hawks in the Bush administration…

The leak, whatever its sources, appears to have worked against the administration. Not only does the intelligence contained in the article fall embarrassingly short of “closing the case” on the Iraq-al Qaeda connection, but by revealing highly classified material, the neo-conservatives, if they were indeed the source, appear willing to sacrifice the country’s secrets to retain power. “It’s obvious that if you cared about the real national security interests of this country, you wouldn’t reveal an asset,” said Goodman. “That shows this is a venal and desperate group who are not considering the real national-security interests of this country.” ” —Jim Lobe, AlterNet