One of the most telling comments in the links I posted was from Bastide, who told the Senate that before the invasion: "There was a fixation to find the connection between al-Queda and Saddam Hussein."
The senate report also states that the CIA dismissed Saddam-Al Qaeda ties before the invasion. Saddam's government "did not have a relationship, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi and his associates," said the CIA. Before the invasion.
The British briefing mention earlier was also before the invasion.
Honestly, you do have to spell it out for some peope, eh?