The Center for American Progress suggests that the Administration’s current spin on Iraq –

I think some in the media have chosen to use the word ‘imminent.’ Those were not words we used. We used ‘grave and gathering’ threat

– is less than forthright:

“This is about imminent threat.”
– White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 2/10/03

“No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.”
– Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 9/19/02