When we get reports back from Mr. Tenet and from Ambassador Burns and when we consult with a lot of other people, we will start to integrate all this information and see what next steps should be taken,

received reports that he may be in contact with various individuals.

That's what happened, notwithstanding any cell phone reports to the contrary,

We knew there would be days when our anxieties would well up and we would be afraid to take the next step, and we are approaching one such moment now, ... We'll have to take that next step.

They find all kinds of excuses, a thousand excuses -- 'There are spies on this team. We don't want this. When are sanctions going to be relieved and removed?' The issue is Iraqi noncompliance, and we should not allow them to move us off that issue.

We know that there are occasions that arise when terrorists are coming in, and we know a bomb is heading in ... and we can understand the need to intercept such a terrorist, ... When one goes beyond that and expands those kinds of activities to individuals or to situations where it might not be a ticking bomb ... then the consequences of such actions ... must be taken into consideration.