Feith's book contains a serious error that undermines its credibility.

On page 187, Feith writes that the "CIA's assessment of Iraq's support for terrorism was reinforced by postwars discoveries", and then goes on to claim that "among the terrorists whom Saddam harbored in Iraq were .. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi".

This is categorically false. The 2006 Senate Intelligence report, produced while Republicans controlled the intelligence committee, concluded that "postwar information indicates that Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and that the regime did not have a relationship, harbor, or turn a blind eye towards Zarqawi." Perhaps Feith should make more of an effort to familiarize himself with its contents. Page 109 contains the excerpt I quoted.

It is true that *pre-war* assessments suggested that Saddam's regime may have tolerated Zarqawi's presence, but the postwar findings refuted this assessment. The language in his book clearly suggests that we still have good reason today to believe that Saddam harbored Zarqawi. This is completely false.

Even if he has some rationale for not accepting the Senate committee's conclusions, it is quite improper to flatly assert the contrary without even mentioning their findings.