Exhaustive review sponsored by the Pentagon finds NO link between Saddam, al Qaida

blackadder said
You could understand someone with some level of exasperation with the semantics.

Why would be need to undertake an exhaustive review of 600,000 documents to determine that Al Queda, with help from Saddam, was not a threat to field whole divisions of fighters?

Threat assessment, as done by the Pentagon, is a highly structured process, Blackadder.

It must address each level in turn, whether it seemingly applies or not.