What does Congressman Carney know about Saddam and al Qaeda ties?

Mark Eichenlaub has an article about a newly elected democrat and his work investigating Saddam/terrorism links. Seems this is one democrat who doesn't belive the terrorists were not in Iraq before we got there.

Newly elected Pennsylvania Congressman, Democrat Chris Carney, a former Senior Terrorism and Intelligence Advisor at the Pentagon, has recently been quoted in a number of publications discussing his knowledge of and role in prewar Iraq intelligence, particularly on the issue Saddam Hussein’s links to al Qaeda. His views on the subject are a stark contrast to many in his party, particularly Senator Carl Levin, who has long expressed his belief that any link between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda was a manufacture of the Bush administration. Carney's comments and experience on the issue may even put him in the cross-hairs of Sen. Levin's reported investigation into the matter in the coming months.  What did Congressman Carney say?  What does he know?

Mark also points out a Bill Roggio article about how soldiers and marines in Iraq feel about the way the media is reporting the story.