I'm reading John Dean's book as I type. Page 134, Dean quotes
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America which is a report mandadted by law. The report says "the legitimacy of preemption" rests" on the existence of an imminent threat" citing internation law.
As Bush went to war preemptively, he himself has called it a preemptive action, he justified this war because there was an imminent threat.
Are you gonna blame this one on the staffers Bush? Do you not read what you sign?