Make this statement concise.

[unfrigginreal]

I've read a few remarks here suggesting that the latest lies from the Bush Admin will fall by the wayside because there isn't a soundbite for the media. Ok. This sentence from the Tenent statement is probably most damning...let's make it a soundbite.

"Although the documents related to the alleged Niger-Iraqi uranium deal had not yet been determined to be forgeries, officials who were reviewing the draft remarks on uranium raised several concerns about the fragmentary nature of the intelligence with National Security Council colleagues."

[unfrigginreal]

1. My own reply

The CIA told the NSC that the claims were questionable.

[DemoTex]

2. OK. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ...

... it must be a duck. Quack, quack.

[xray s]

3. I prefer this version

If it looks like shit and smells like shit and smears like shit...it must be shit.

[DemoTex]

7. Good-oh!

That's what it smells like, for sure. Pure unadulterated feces.

[sandnsea]

4. "They said I could say it"

They did, they did, they did!!!!!

[NYC]

5. I prefer this portion:

"Officials who were reviewing the draft remarks on uranium raised several concerns about the fragmentary nature of the intelligence with National Security Council colleagues," Tenet said. "Some of the language was changed. From what we know now, agency officials in the end concurred that the text in the speech was factually correct that the British government report said that Iraq sought uranium from Africa."

[Ivory_Tower]

6. Something like this?

"We weren't positive it was a lie, but we were pretty sure it was, and we said so."

[Jim Sagle]

8. "They told me not to tell them it was a lie, so I didn't."

[Ouabache]

9. Jim Slagle nails it !!

That is what it boils down to. Don't let anyone spin it any other way.

[grasswire]

10. I think....

....a montage of them all using the "mushroom cloud" phrase would be pretty damning.

[fob]

11. How 'bout this....(In best Good Morning Viet Nam Robin Williams voice)

The CIA told the NSC and MI5 that the U238 should be 86'd PDQ, but the VP put the QT on them and told W it was OK!

[PurityOfEssence]

12. Oh...here are a few

Once all other sources were disproven, we chose to not check the last one.

All claims proved false, so we found one more and didn't question it.

Doubt was cast on all sources, so we cast not on our last one.

No claims held water, so we didn't pour any into the last one.

Since the proof was the problem, we didn't try on the last one.

You know he wants it, what more do you need?

Proof doesn't work, don't try it.

They said he did, they said he did! Really!