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...Tenet's conference room in early March, Leon waited until everyone was seated. He pulled from a bag a cylinder, about the size of a paint can, with two Mason jars in it. He placed it in the center of the large mahogany conference table, sat back down in his chair. People had heard various things about the recent discovery of a delivery system...
...Tenet whispered after a moment...
John McLaughlin, Tenet's deputy, sat forward in his chair - thinking of how easily it might be transported in a backpack, a suitcase, a shopping bag, and how innocuous it looked...
...this," Tenet said, and called the White House to clear a few extra CIA briefers for the next morning's presidential briefing...
...Tenet entered the Oval Office first, to prebrief Bush for four or five minutes. This was common practice: a short confidential primer from Tenet, so Bush could be authoritative and updated when others arrived...