Fixing the facts?

Yesterday, I put up a post on a preliminary test of air samples over N. Korea showing that there was no radiation. Today (actually last night), the news out of John Negroponte's office was that the tests had proven there was radiation in the air samples. Then, later, Negroponte's office said that the results weren't yet "official."

Washington - Preliminary US tests on air samples taken over North Korea found radioactive debris, lending additional credence to Pyongyang's claim it exploded a nuclear device, according to a draft report distributed to members of US Congress late Friday.

The report, drafted by the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Negroponte, was initially quoted by Cable News Network.

But the DNI's office said the report was not an official statement, but rather a draft report based on preliminary information as part of consultations with Congress.

So, what's really going on here? Obviously, I haven't a clue, but I'm really beginning to wonder whether the administration is confused about what it's best story line is. Do we shout and complain about the NKs having nukes? Or, do we ridicule the NKs for having botched (of faked) its nuke effort? Until we know what story line we want to disseminate, we don't know which "test" result to publish.

The facts always have to fit the story line, so we'll fix the facts if they don't.