PLACATING DR. EVIL

The Central Intelligence Agency was told by relatives of Iraqi scientists before the war that Baghdad's programs to develop unconventional weapons had been abandoned, but the C.I.A. failed to give that information to President Bush, even as he publicly warned of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's illicit weapons, according to government officials....

--New York Times

...Bush knew the "Austin Powers" movies inside out.

Bruni writes that Bush often lifted his pinkie to the corner of his mouth to mimic the Dr. Evil character in the Powers flicks.

--New York Daily News article on Frank Bruni's Bush book, Ambling into History

DR. EVIL: ...This organization will not tolerate failure.

He presses a button. The Revolutionary, the twin Nordic doctors, and the meter maid's chairs tip back and fall into a pit. Their chairs return empty and smoking.

--screenplay for Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)