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The search for those elusive weapons of mass destruction is winding down, because they simply have not turned up. The central justification for the war against Iraq turns out to have been a fraud.

Meanwhile, another sovereign power—Microsoft—has admitted it lied when it claimed that the iLoo was a hoax. For those of you who weren’t following, press reports (confirmed by Microsoft) said Microsoft was planning to develop an Internet-connected portable toilet, complete with monitor and keyboard. After a tidal wave of satire, Microsoft then claimed the whole thing had been a hoax. This too, seemed implausible: an elaborate hoax that somehow involved an entire division of the company, plus a number of hired consultants from outside the company. Now they say they were lying when they said they had been lying before. But they’re telling the truth now—really, they promise.