Freudian Slip, or Just Another Dumb Comment by Rummy?

If you hit CNN's international site, you'll find this story, which hasn't appeared on the standard CNN page--at least as of yet:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A comment Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made during a Christmas Eve address to U.S. troops in Baghdad has sparked new conspiracy theories about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

In the speech, Rumsfeld made a passing reference to United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to stop al Qaeda hijackers.

But in his remarks, Rumsfeld referred to the "the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania."

A Pentagon spokesman insisted that Rumsfeld simply misspoke, but Internet conspiracy theorists seized on the reference to the plane having been shot down.

The article goes on to note a comment someone posted at World Nut Daily, so take this with a box of salt. Or, maybe, it's a parting shot from short-timer Don...which would be too bad. The other day I posted something to the effect that the war is as much Rumsfeld's mess as anyone's in this sorry administration, and therefore he should be required to stick around to see it through (a "stop-loss" order for SecDef?). Besides, when the neo-cons start barking that Rummy must go--well, that's reason enough for me to want him to stick around...