Yossef Bodansky's new book, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE IRAQ WAR, suggests a reason for the White House's reluctance to come forward with solid evidence of both Saddam's ties to al-Qaeda, and WMDs -- the best evidence of a smoking gun have been uncovered by Israeli intelligence. The White House has been reluctant to come foward with the best evidence to shut-up the naysayers because that information comes to us via the Israelis. This has been the case since before the Iraq war began. If it was known how deeply US decision-making relied upon Israeli intelligence, it would likely cause the Arab world to go ballistic, proving what they've always charged -- a "Zionist-American conspiracy" in the Middle East.
I didn't know all that about Israeli intel; I do hope it means we aren't going to use the evidence but find a way to independently collaborate.