When they tried to say the PDB was "historical data" and not a call to action ("Bin Laden Determined to Attack Within The United States" doesnt sound like a threat huh), and when they said the aluminum tubes were for enriching uranium, when THEIR OWN experts CONTEMPORANEOUSLY SAID they were UNSUITABLE for anything but mortars is when it went over the top for me.
"We dont want the smoking gun to come in the form of a mushroom cloud" Catchy isn't it? Too catchy to let little things like the facts get in the way.
Those little tidbits will never go away. Not ever.