George Bush actually said...

"I'm looking to him and to each and every one of you who have given your lives to American intelligence to commit yourselves anew to the excellence that always has been the hallmark of our intelligence..."

"May God bless you all, and thank you very, very much."

"Intelligence remains our basic national instrument for anticipating danger: military, political and economic."

"It would also undermine the administrative process that was designed to eliminate the need for ad hoc determinations through legislation."