the key, she was central to the grand jury investigation. The information she had -- it might have been that someone was innocent or that someone did something wrongfully -- but she had information, no doubt about it.

But when she had information that according to her would help demonstrate the president's innocence ... she selfishly refused to provide it to the grand jury or anyone.

The information gleaned when we picked up Saddam Hussein led to a better understanding of the structure [of the insurgency], ... We think there are some of the leadership of this insurgency [that have been caught up in the sweep].

I'm very excited about this event. This is information that seniors really need.

We believe there is no cause for alarm. We treat all such information very seriously and the United Kingdom, United States and Egyptian security authorities have been kept fully informed.

We would not consider that any of these cases have been thoroughly tested yet, based on the extremely limited information we have seen. We feel at this moment it is really too early to say if both of these cases are negative.