There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations.