Bush Visits CIA: Here's My Read, What's Yours?

The following is from "The White House" website, regarding, a short speech made by President Bush, on August 15th.  Personally, found his body language a bit stressed and his delivery and choice of words somewhat strange.  This was claimed to be his fifth visit to the CIA during his terms in office... and he wanted to give em' all an "Attaboy" (or, girl) for the work the intelligence analysis' are doing... with statements like "they're smart, capable, and deserve the nation's thanks."  But it didn't come across (at least to me) as intended - that everything's A-OK!  And the timing obviously was to show the Russian's and our Allies that we've got it ALL under control.  Really?

 Once the Georgian situation, hopefully, blows over... guess we're going to be asking that age ol' Watergate question... "What did you know, and when did you know it?"  As, it appears the ball was dropped, either by those smart, capable people out there in Langley, or you wern't listening?  Which is it? 

THE PRESIDENT: "I want to thank the Director, Mike Hayden, and Steve Kappes for hosting me out here at the CIA. It's a chance to thank a lot of the folks who work out here for their service to the country."

"It's really important for the people who work here to understand the significant -- the significance of the contributions they're making to secure the homeland. The people here work long and hard hours. They're smart, capable, and they deserve the nation's thanks."

" We also had a couple of briefings, one on the war on terror and the other on the situation in Georgia. Got a lot of folks, smart folks analyzing the situation on the ground and, of course, briefing us on different possibilities that could develop in the area and the region."

"I sent Condi Rice, Secretary of State Rice, over there. She'll be coming back to brief me on Saturday. I'm looking forward to hearing firsthand what she has seen, what she has heard. And I call for the territorial integrity of Georgia to be respected and the cease-fire agreement to be honored."

"And we will be working this issue throughout the coming weeks, and people out here at the agency have been incredibly helpful. And I thank you very much for your hospitality. Thank you."

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