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Reports that departing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director George J. Tenet has told the Congress in a letter that Mohamed Atta, a hijacker involved in the September 11, 2001 attack, would have been unlikely to contact any Iraqi official. Contradiction with continuing assertion by Vice President Dick Cheney that Al Qaeda and Iraq had a cooperative relationship before the terrorist attacks; Written statement by Senator Carl Levin of Michigan that it was President George W. Bush's administration that exaggerated the relations between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.

Reports on the insights of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack investigating panel members regarding the possible link between the terrorist group Al Qaeda and Iraq. Chairman Thomas Kean's insights on the definition of the words 'link' and 'connection'; Information on the possible connection of Al Qaeda to Iraq; Dick Cheney's interview on investigations regarding the issue.

The article presents a perspective on the counter terrorism decisions of the U.S. President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 terrorism attack in the U.S. It comments on several issues including America's invasion and occupation in Iraq, and imprisonment with trial on suspected terrorists.

Focuses on the September 11, 2001 Commission's analysis of United States President George W. Bush administration's response to terrorism, including the idea that Iraq and Al Qaeda were somehow the same foe. Collaborative relationship between Iraq president Saddam Husein and the terrorist organization; Warnings received by Bush about Al Qaeda's intentions; Chairman and vice-chairman of the commission; Effort to persuade the government to allow the commission access to crucial documents.

Editorial. Comments on the report released by the independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Assertion by the commission that there was no evidence linking Iraq to the Al Qaeda attacks; Call on U.S. President George W. Bush to apologize to the American people for misleading them.

Analyzes the findings of the independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Absence of evidence linking Iraq with the Al Qaeda; Implications for efforts of U.S. President George W. Bush to justify his decision to go to war against Iraq; Implications for the November 2004 presidential elections in the U.S. INSETS: In Bush's and Cheney's Words.;In the Commission's Words..

Examines how a two-man U.S. Pentagon intelligence unit created after September 11, 2001, reported an increasingly unified Islamic terrorist threat and links between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Efforts of Michael Maloof and Douglas J. Feith Defense Intelligence Agency to track links between terrorists and host countries; Warning that ethnic, religious and political divides between terrorist groups were breaking down; Controversy over their findings; Investigation by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence whether the unit exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq to justify the war; Contention of other intelligence agencies that they found little evidence to support the group's findings; Resistance from the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency to the unit; The team's briefing for Paul D. Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense; Questions over the terrorism link. INSET: A Small Intelligence Cell's Connections.

Examines the Czech Republic's confirmation that an Iraqi intelligence officer met with Mohammed Atta, a leader of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a few months before the hijackings took place. Question of whether Iraq established secret ties with the terrorist network Al Qaeda; Background on the meeting; Issue of Iraqi complicity in the attacks; Comments of Sabah Khodada regarding terrorist training camps in Iraq.