I am not normally on the side of Dubya, but it is a bit much to think that the President would be briefed on the results of a field report on WMD labs only one or two days after it was handed over. That kind of speed only occurs when the evaluation and decision loop is absolutely critical, which by that point WMD was not. When he made the remark, Dubya was very likely not yet aware of the field report.

It would be more interesting to see who in the administration repeated the bio-lab story later, as the article seems to suggest. Instead of Head-of-State hunting, the press would be better going after some of the creatures the President has working for him.