IS BUSH A LIAR?

It may also be noteworthy that when Bush was asked whether he knew about the NIE.
He avoided a direct reply by saying that Mike McConnell came in and said ..., rather than just saying he was not aware of it. This begs the follow-up question whether anyone else had briefed him on it. Devious, to say the least.

From 12/4/07 Press Conference:

REPORTER: "....When it came to Iran, you said in October, on October 17th, you warned about the prospect of World War III, when months before you made that statement, this intelligence about them suspending their weapons program back in '03 had already come to light to this administration. So can't you be accused of hyping this threat? And don't you worry that that undermines U.S. credibility?
THE PRESIDENT: David, I don't want to contradict an august reporter such as yourself, but I was made aware of the NIE last week. In August, I think it was Mike McConnell came in and said, we have some new information. He didn't tell me what the information was;