1% Chance you are SOL

Norman Nescio at Xymphora suggests a neat way of taking the Cheney quote that is allegedly the source of Norman Suskind's "One per cent of this Book is the Truth" book.

Apparently Cheney said"If there's a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response"

Norman Nescio suggests inserting the phrase of choice ...

"If there's a one percent chance that we're behind global warming, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."

...or maybe ...

"If there's a one percent chance that I shot the guy , we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."


"If there's a one percent chance that NORAD stood down on 9/11 because I told them to, we to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."


"If there's a one percent chance Silverstein pulled WTC 7 deliberately , we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."

"If there's a one percent chance that Halevy had prior knowledge of the 7/7 bombings so he could write an article calling for World War III so it hit the dinner time editions , we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."


"If there's a one percent chance that de Menezes was Hussein, then we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."


"If there's a one percent chance that Wilson's wife put the bastard up to that Niger nonsense then, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."

Works for Lord Patel's staff.