All Intensive Purposes

Barton Gellman relates an anecdote from the start of Ron Suskind's new book, One Percent Doctrine:

[A]n unnamed CIA briefer . . . flew to Bush's Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president's attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US." Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."

Via Brad DeLong. Suskind's last book is indispensable for understanding the Bush administration.