"Henry Kisor" wrote in message
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This is the actual language from the actual report (I got it from the BBC,
but the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times also had
it):

"There is an extensive, yet fragmentary and circumstantial body of
evidence
suggesting that Saddam pursued a strategy to maintain a capability to
return
to WMD after sanctions were lifted... "

Perhaps "fragmentary," "circumstantial" and :suggesting" don't quite add
up
to a done deal.

Real researchers use language like that. They know enough to know that they
don't know everything. "Circumstantial," by the way, is the strongest
evidence, contrary to common usage.

Compare the language of real researchers with the complete certitude of
those who have a political agenda.