Verbatim: Apr. 26, 2004

"Nice try ... I've been told all this intelligence about having WMD, and this is the best we've got?" PRESIDENT BUSH, in a meeting with CIA Director George Tenet and other intelligence officials in December 2002, before the invasion of Iraq, as quoted in Bob Woodward's new book, Plan of Attack, which dissects the Administration's preparations for war

"It's a slam-dunk case." GEORGE TENET, replying to the President's concerns, as quoted in Plan of Attack

"I'm sure something will pop into my head here." PRESIDENT BUSH, when asked during a prime-time press conference last week to name the biggest...

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