A rather horrifying percentage of Americans — the kind who get interviewed on the street by Jay Leno, one supposes — believe that some or all of the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis. This says something about their I.Q.s, but it also says much about how well the Bush Administration has diverted attention from Osama to Saddam. And, of course, it says oodles about how timid our press corps is about keeping America informed. (For the stats and a good take on this, see this entry over at Avedon Carol's excellent political weblog, The Sideshow. Avedon's links and musings are always worth a daily visit.)