Original sentence: In the 2004 election special of the BBC program Question Time, Frum claimed that the suggestion America was once an ally of Saddam Hussein was "Hollywood, not history" and that the facts regarding such were "inventions".[Link to video]
Edited sentence: In the 2004 election special of the BBC program Question Time, Frum falsely claimed that the suggestion America was once an ally of Saddam Hussein was "Hollywood, not history" and that the facts regarding such were "inventions".Link to video.Rumors persist that, given these concerns regarding Frum's personal agenda, that Frum was fired by 2002 (White House Letter; the New Washington Whodunit: The Speachwriter Vanishes, NYT Times, March 2, 2002 "Mystery surrounds sudden departure of David Frum, one of White House speechwriters; intrigue is reinforced when Frum's wife Danielle Crittenden sends e-mail to friend giving her husband credit for Pres Bush's 'axis of evil' phrase in his State of Union address on Jan 29; Frum claims he resigned and was not fired")