Well Nerd, I am pleased to see that you are beginning to grasp the type of threat, perceived by the US intelligence services, that Iraq potentially posed with Saddam Hussein in power - others have not.

No, the TRUE headline would be: "No conclusive evidence exists as to whether, or not, WMD were exported from Iraq in the run-up to the war."

Still doesn't duck the fact that all that has been found was "stuff" that the Iraqi's said they did not have, were not supposed to have - but they did didn't they.

The Thesis was critically reviewed, and as stated previously, fairly well received. The research material was classified, i.e. not in the public domain, so your comparison is not really relevant. I will find out if it was "published" and get back to you, although with a security classification, the distribution would be rather limited. If memory serves me correct it took something in the order of five years to write.