Friday, January 31, 2003

There's a little bit left out of this White House transcript of the Blair/Bush appearance (part in bold is left out):


THE PRIME MINISTER: Adam.

Q One question for you both. Do you believe that there is a link between Saddam Hussein, a direct link, and the men who attacked on September the 11th?

The President: I never made that claim.

THE PRIME MINISTER: That answers your question. The one thing I would say, however, is I've absolutely no doubt at all that unless we deal with both of these threats, they will come together in a deadly form. Because, you know, what do we know after September the 11th? We know that these terrorists networks would use any means they can to cause maximum death and destruction. And we know also that they will do whatever they can to acquire the most deadly weaponry they can. And that's why it's important to deal with these issues together.


Video is here. It's about 65% in.

UPDATE: It's in there now as:

THE PRESIDENT: I can't make that claim.


Which could be correct - too lazy to go watch the video again. It was rather quiet as he had pulled back from the microphone.


Well, listened again - It's either I didn't make that claim or I can't make that claim. I think.