Sorry seems to be the hardest word

The Guardian reports that George W. Bush has apologised for the Bad Intelligence:

"It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," Mr Bush said. "As president, I am responsible for the decision to go into Iraq."
However, he added: "My decision to remove Saddam Hussein was the right decision. Saddam was a threat, and the American people and the world is better off because he is no longer in power."

The intelligence Mr Bush could have been referring to may be the pre-war information gathered from Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, a Libyan, who claimed al-Qaida was linked to Iraq.

Mr Libi later said he made his most specific claims whilst in Egyptian custody in a bid to avoid "harsh treatment".

In a CIA report published in the New York Times last week, unnamed officials admitted that Mr Libi been subjected to rendition when he told his interrogators that Iraq had trained al-Qaida operatives.

Before the Iraq war, the Bush administration frequently cited Mr Libi's information as "credible evidence".