7 George W. Bush Quotes on Intelligence

George W. Bush quotes on intelligence

135. There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best possible evidence that he had a weapon.

138. Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere.

159. I wasn't happy when we found out there wasn't weapons [of mass destruction in Iraq]

273. The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror -- the CIA program to detain and question key terrorist leaders and operatives.

297. We will defend the American homeland by strengthening our intelligence community - focusing on human intelligence and the early detection of terrorist operations both here and abroad. And when direct threats to America are discovered, I know that the best defense can be a strong and swift offense - including the use of Special Operations Forces and long-range strike capabilities.

400. We won't be proven wrong [:] I believe that we will find the truth. And the truth is, he was developing a program for weapons of mass destruction. [102]

412. We may still find weapons. We haven't found them yet.