Were the intelligence agencies of the world really as fooled as we've been told about Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction? Maybe.

But then again, Iraq Survey Group head Charles Duelfer mentioned in passing to the Senate Armed Services Committee that,

"A lot of materials left Iraq and went to Syria. There was certainly a lot of traffic across the border points. We've got a lot of data to support that, including people discussing it. But whether in fact in any of these trucks there was WMD-related materials, I cannot say."

Now there's a persistent rumour the press has never properly followed up...