The Weekly Standard says "Case Closed"-- that they've got a leaked DoD memo connecting the Hussein regime and Al Qaeda.

The DoD then goes "Nuh-UH." I'm paraphrasing. They actually say it "was not an analysis of the substantive issue of the relationship between Iraq and al Qaida, and it drew no conclusions."

So if you were wondering why Drudge was the only dude to carry the "story," uh, that's why. Although he's now pulled the headline entirely. La la la.