Does it say they were discussed in a cabinet meeting? It just says he "saw" documents with certain titles.

I'll admit, i'm not an expert on Presidential routine, but i'd imagine that if the President is recieving a briefing on certain topics, especially extremely sensitive ones, the only people in attendence would be those who the report directly affects. I doubt you would have the Sec of Commerce in a NSA briefing concerning the N. Korean nuke threat, unless there was a part of the threat that particular applied.

If it's not discussed with the whole cabinet, it gives those members who weren't present reasonable plausible deniability.

And i agree that the source who isn't named doesn't carry much credibility either. But, don't you think that Bush also has reports on how to take out Kim Jong-Il or until recently Kahdaffi? There are probably hundreds of contigency plans in the NSA or DoD offices concerning the toppling of anti-American dictators. It wouldn't be very practical if there weren't.

ETA: Russ beat me to it.

Kitso
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