Lots of examples of how the story about why weapons inspectors left Iraq has undergone a revision in the last four years:
The Iraq story boiled over last night when the chief U.N. weapons inspector, Richard Butler, said that Iraq had not fully cooperated with inspectors and–as they had promised to do. As a result, the U.N. ordered its inspectors to leave Iraq this morning
–Katie Couric, NBC’s Today, 12/16/98/
As Washington debates when and how to attack Iraq, a surprise offer from Baghdad. It is ready to talk about re-admitting U.N. weapons inspectors after kicking them out four years ago.
–Maurice DuBois, NBC’s Saturday Today, 8/3/02