“…on December 4 [2001], [Central Command leader General Tommy] Franks and [Central Command Director of Operations Victor] Renuart came to [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld’s office [to discuss the existing Iraq war plan called Op Plan 1003]. Franks noted, ‘There is uncertainty when we may find a linkage between al Qaeda and the Iraqi intel services and this regime.’ ”
– Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 40