> The WSJ author had brought us other CIA-approved gems about WMDs in Iraq once upon a time.
In case other people besides myself were confused, we're apparently talking about Michael Gordon, and this WSJ article [0], not this one [1]. Michael Gordon also wrote [2], which reported on the Bush administration's claims that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons.
The WSJ author had brought us other CIA-approved gems about WMDs in Iraq once upon a time.
You might be onto something with garden-variety liberals feeling 'free' to try and blame China now that Trump's out of sight, though.