Here's that letter to the editor (Globe and Mail) I wrote:

Cure thyself
Saturday, May 29, 2004 - Page A20

Ottawa-Laurie Mylroie (Hard-To-Swallow Cure-May 28) claims that "the Iraq war was necessary," that 9/11 is the "primary reason the U.S. went to war with Iraq" and that "Mr. Bush and several top advisers believed Baghdad was involved." As Richard Clarke writes in his book Against All Enemies, this mistaken fixation with Iraq embroiled the United States in a war unrelated to the events of 9/11 and misdirected resources needed in the fight against al-Qaeda.

Mr. Clarke recounts how, at one pre-9/11 meeting, deputy defence secretary Paul Wolfowitz tried to change the subject from al-Qaeda to Iraq by insisting that Iraq was a state sponsor of al-Qaeda. About this, Mr. Clarke wrote, "I could hardly believe it, but Wolfowitz was actually spouting the totally discredited Laurie Mylroie theory that Iraq was behind the 1993 truck bomb at the World Trade Center, a theory that had been investigated for years and found to be totally untrue."

If Mr. Clarke's assertions are correct, then Ms. Mylroie would appear to have helped in some small measure to inspire the rush to war. And if that is so, then she may be a contributor to the illness and not in a position to recommend a cure.