<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5896423/>WASHINGTON - "Recent investigations into al-Qaida — including one by the Sept. 11 commission — have substantially altered the commonly held view that Osama bin Laden’s inheritance and massive fortune are being used to finance his international terror operations.

"While bin Laden isn’t poor, he’s not worth the $300 million once believed. Nor is he thought to be directly financing his terror group with his personal wealth or a network of businesses in Sudan, where he operated from 1991 to 1996.

“There has been a revision of collective thinking,” said Kenneth Katzman, a Congressional Research Service expert who has studied terror groups. “The new thinking is that bin Laden’s fortune didn’t really enter into al-Qaida that much, or wasn’t the driving force in al-Qaida.”

A bit like the Taliban using opium to finance terrorism, a thought held dear by conservatives, this one wasn't exactly true, either.

Never believe your own propaganda.

Arf