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GQ has gotten its manicured hands on the top sheets from the top-secret intel briefings Donald Rumseld delivered to the White House in early 2003, and—holy hand grenades! Each one is adorned with a biblical verse and a thematically appropriate photo. For example, an American tank under a verse referring to “the full armor of God,” or an image of Saddam under 1 Peter 2:15: “It is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.” Now if only someone had put an eye-catching verse on that August 2001 daily briefing given to George W. Bush in Crawford…
