Then:
Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late.
President Bush
“State of the Union” Address
January 28, 2003
Now:
There was nothing in there that said, you know, there’s an imminent attack. There was nothing in this report to me that said, oh, by the way, we’ve got intelligence that says something is about to happen in America. That wasn’t what this report said. The report was kind of a history of Osama’s intentions, I guess is the best way to put it, kind of a history of what the agency had known.
President Bush
On his non-reponse to the August 6, 2001 Presidental Daily Briefing
April 12, 2004