"But someone should ask Bush why he was not relieved, rather than angered, to learn from a National Intelligence Estimate that Iran had had no active nuclear weapons program since 2003. Also, one might ask why Bush thought Israel should have been Òfurious with the United States over the NIE.Ó

It seems likely that Bush actually dictated this part of the book himself. For, in setting down his reaction to the NIE on Iran, he confirmed the insight that Dr. Justin Frank, M.D., who teaches psychiatry at George Washington University Hospital, gave us veteran intelligence officers into how Bush comes at reality Ñ or doesnÕt.

ÒHis pathology is a patchwork of false beliefs and incomplete information woven into what he asserts is the whole truth... He lies Ñ not just to us, but to himself as well... What makes lying so easy for Bush is his contempt Ñ for language, for law, and for anybody who dares question him.... So his words mean nothing. That is very important for people to understand.Ó"

Ibid