THE AP IS RECYCLING THE “IMMINENT THREAT” LINE YET AGAIN:

CIA Boss: Iraq Not Called Imminent Threat

By KATHERINE PFLEGER WASHINGTON (AP) – In his first public defense of prewar intelligence, CIA Director George Tenet said Thursday that U.S. analysts had never claimed Iraq was an imminent threat, the main argument used by President Bush for going to war.

I’ve mentioned this before, but let’s repeat USA Today’s excellent summary of this issue:

However, when Bush laid out the case for the war in his 2003 State of the Union address, he said the United States should not wait for an imminent threat.

“Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent,” Bush said. “Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein … is not an option.”

(Emphasis added.) I guess, as SpinSanity warned, a bogus quote is “hardening into fact.”