I have spoken with several senior American intel officials who think that if Bush did say something to Blair -- despite Scott McClellan's basic denial -- that it would have been in jest.
Would the Brits be prosecuting two guys over a joke? I don't think so.
There are ten lines that refer to this Al-Jazeera bombing topic in a 5-page memo on the Bush-Blair meeting.
Tomorrow I'll have more on this subject, but still trying to confirm one piece of this fascinating story.
Thus far, it is looking increasingly like the one who most benefited from the leak of this story was Tony Blair himself. Did he set things into motion? TWN is running some of this down.
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