My mental voice to myself sounds a lot like this guy writes

"And I think to myself, "holy shit. That's it. This is the conversation that led to the August 6 PDB being put in print. The C.I.A. was literally covering their ass and for damn good reason (not that it did them any good) as the president remarked so caustically to his briefer down on the ranch. They had a pretty damn good idea what was coming and therefore put it into print and sent a briefer down to the ranch. "