I wonder who

"A senior government official who is not a political appointee" is.

The source is probably a frustrated member of the Iraq Survey Group. My source who has contacts with the ISG has heard a bunch of complaints about the truth not getting out. Things just get buried in the classified report.

If this proves to be true, the leak was truly ingenious. If the documents were yet to be translated then they wouldn't have been classified yet!

The author of this article is going to be on my show tomorrow (I'll let Bill plug the website if he wants to). I'll admit to being suspicious for a few reasons, not the least of which is "why leak this to CNSnews.com instead of a bigger organization?"

I also notice that the MSM (or Drudge for that matter) hasn't exactly jumped on the story.

At the same time, I know several of the CNSnews.com guys, and they've always been straightforward with me about stories. I've no reason to doubt the source (CNSnews.com), but reason to be skeptical of the story.

Cam -

I'd like to plug, but your site is coming up blank.

Someone should follow up with the contact at CNS News (Thibault?) to see if anyone from the MSM has expressed interest in examining the documents in person. This ought to be done on a daily basis.

I think we can trust Dr. Mylroie to play it straight. This looks, smells and feels like the real deal. How ironic that rathergate will likely be used to smear presumptions of this story's authenticity. If it gets any MSM traction at all, it will make for one hell of a Kabuki dance. These very unhelpful facts will be welcomed by few talking heads.

it's not a bombshell until they slap copies of the actual documents online. that's what they need to do in order to give this story legs.

Yeah, I'm waiting on this one. While I'd love it to have some reality, I'm skeptical of everything nowadays. Come to think of it, I'm doubting you're really Bill....

This Dr. Mylroie? Talk about the fevered swamps.

Whether the documents are real or not, only time will tell. Either way, the Dems will say the timing of the release was politically motivated by the administration in order to sway voters.

The document scans are up now.

"The document scans are up now." -Bryan

Where? I see only one page, and the scan is tiny.

Oh it is just the first page I misread it.

Laurie Mylroie is rock-solid; a non-partisan with impeccable academic and professional credentials. More so, by all appearances, she is clearly a decent and thoughtful human being. Peter Bergen's hack-job is hardly an academic rebuke. Mylroie was a dedicated career expert on Iraq/Iran long before it was popular. She's faithfully served Democratic and Republican Presidents. Her testimony to the 9/11 Commission was spot-on. Interesting that MSM-wannabe Peter Bergen and the Progressive sycophants at the Washington Monthly would find her such a threat they were compelled to spend that much time and treasure to destroy her and erase the contributions and respect earned in her life's work. Mylroie is a star whose only crime is to shine too bright in a shark-infested universe.

I don't understand why things like this and the fact Putin said publicly he warned Iraq was planning terrorist attacks against the U.S. are never covered much.

It's like there's, I don't know, some kind of bias in the media or something.