The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks has been told “a very prominent member” of al Qaeda served as an officer in Saddam Hussein’s militia, a panel member said on Sunday. Republican commissioner John Lehman told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program that the new intelligence, if proven true, buttresses claims by the Bush administration of ties between Iraq and the militant network believed responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. “We are now in the process of getting this latest intelligence,” Lehman said. Commission Chairman Thomas Kean urged the administration to make any such information available to the panel quickly. Full Story
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