President's Daily Spoon Feeding

Regarding today's release of the August 6, 2001 PDB, Kevin Drum wonders

what kind of questions Bush asked when the PDB was presented to him and what kind of actions he authorized. Maybe the commission will ask about that when he and Dick meet with them.

Honestly, I think we already know the answer to Kevin's question.

I went in with a long list of things to talk about, and I thought to engage on and as the book says, I was surprised that it turned out me talking, and the president just listening … As I recall, it was mostly a monologue.

Paul O'Neil
The Price of Loyalty
January 2004