This story is a follow up on the earlier response by the same author to the AP News report about the Iranian speed boats and U S Navy war ships in the Stait of Mormuz (on Jan. 6th) and how the Pentagon distorted the circumstances of the occasion in order to promote the false notion that the Iranians were engaging in aggressive threats toward the U S Navy war ships. Repudiations of the fraudulent Pentagon account have since been issued by the U S Navy and a Pentagon consultant, no less (asking that he not be identified). Other clarifications have followed elsewhere, including this reviewer's response to the earlier Porter story citing other rebuttals of the Pentagon fabrications. Evidently, the contrived release to the press by the Pentagon was delayed and timed to coincide with President Bush's trip to the MidEast in an attempt to rally the support of Arab states "to join the U S in an anti-Iran coalition". The author asserts that this action on the part of the Pentagon reflects "a broader administration policy decision". In other words, the Bush administration cronies (lackies ?) at the Pentagon have shamelessly followed Bush's (or perhaps Cheney's) orders, regardless of the fact that they have now been exposed as deliberate liars. However, they may feel that they nevertheless carried out their duty for their Commander in Chief, despite reports that his Mideast "diplomatic" venture has achieved very little, save more of the usual PR show. This excellent and incisive expose is one of the very best examples of investigative reporting to appear in the international press in recent years.