At 08:07 PM 7/24/2003 -0400 Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>The phrase "The British have learned...." suggests to a listening
>public that the US President had US intelligence agencies investigate
>the matter.
It does not suggest this to me. Indeed the mere fact that British
intelligence is being mentioned in the State of the Union suggests exactly
the opposite to me. If the US had verified this claim with our
intelligence, I would hardly anticipate that the President would credit the
British in the SotU.
If your criticism is that Bush said "learned" instead of "informed us that
they believe", then who is being pedantic and mincing words here?
JDG
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