Verbatim: Jun. 16, 2003

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"There is no reliable information on whether Iraq is producing and stockpiling chemical weapons." DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, in a report dated September 2002, leaked last week, which seemed to contradict the Administration's case for disarming Iraq

"[The report] is not in any way intended to portray the fact that we had any doubts that such a program existed." VICE ADMIRAL LOWELL JACOBY, Defense Intelligence Agency director, after the report was made public

"One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone." JACQUES CHIRAC, French President, at the Group of Eight summit meeting in France, on the need for harmony following the war in Iraq

"This report confirms my worst fears about the unaccountable Ashcroft Justice Department, that its war on terrorism is just a war on the Constitution and basic human dignities." JOHN CONYERS, Democratic Congressman, on the Inspector General's report showing that the government mistreated hundreds of illegal immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks

"God forbid, if we ever have to do this again, we hope we can clear people more quickly. There is no interest whatsoever that the United States of America has in holding innocent people." JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General, responding to a report in a House committee hearing

"This says, 'You're not welcome.'" DAVID SMITH, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, on the Justice Department's decision to bar employees from holding an annual gay-pride event at department headquarters

"I'm sure I'll end up there. Or I'll shrink my head and put it in a glass box in the living room." LISA MARIE PRESLEY, on whether she plans to be interred at Graceland after her death

Sources: CNN; AP (2); Wall Street Journal; New York Times (2); Playboy