WE'RE SKEPTICAL, BUT CONVINCIBLE:

NOOSE TIGHTENS ON IRAQ-SEPT. 11 CONNECTION (Michael Smerconish, Apr. 10, 2003, Philadelphia Daily News)

WHAT DO an Oklahoma City investigative reporter and a Philadelphia trial lawyer have in common?

It sounds like a riddle with a bad punch line, but the answer is far more somber.

In a post-9/11 version of "Six Degrees of Separation," both identified a terrorist link between Iraq and al Qaeda long before a discovery this week that supports the connection.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 10, 2003 9:41 PM