When Tom and I discussed the two Iraqi intercepted comms, I wanted to know when they occurred. This was mainly because so much intell has been publicized with no date, only to turn out to be from the 80's or early 90's. In this link, the intercepts are dated as Jan. 30, '03. But the columnist does question their true source.

Reminds me of a story from my childhood. I had an uncle who had two friends who were police detectives. They liked to brag to my uncle (and to me and my two male cousins). They told of one of their favorite practices of obtaining entry to homes that they wanted to enter (occupied or not). They sent one of them around to the back of the house. Then the other knocked on the front door. The one behind the house yelled: "Come in!". And of course, the one in front entered. The story didn't make too much sense to me then or now. I mean if you're willing to lie at all, then why would you go to such elaborate trouble to be able to say truthfully that you heard someone tell you to come in? This was in the late 50's early 60's, by the way, so I don't think anyone was afraid of polygraphs (or Miranda, apparantly).

So did someone manufacture the intercepts? And if so, was it one of ours for our reasons, or one of theirs for their reasons?