The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president.

Perle later stated that the two men indeed crossed each other one morning as claimed by Tenet but only later in the same week and not on September 12. Tenet testified before a public hearing of the Sept. pilots including checklists verifying target information and coordinates.

S. presidents of opposing political parties.