This smells like a RAT planted story.
Here we have a story about Saddam willing to allow 2000 american inspectors free reign in Iraq, A promise of free elections and Blah blah blah. Like this was a credible effort to avoid war. I really have to question the mentality of whatever fool at CBS decided this was newsworthy, not to mention a lead story.
I'm sure the leftist morons at DU have gone orgasmic over this story, but that's to be expected. If Saddam said he was running for President of the USA as a democrat, they would back him
This smells like a RAT planted story.
Ding! Ding! Ding! wE HAVE A WINNER! You have rightly recognized this as a Red Herring attempt at damage control from THE MEMO. They are following THE MEMO to obscure THE MEMO - and that is the smell of desperation.