[Republican Red]

But Joseph Cirincione, a nonproliferation specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said that it would not justify the adminstration's depiction of Hussein as an imminent threat to the United States.

President Bush never said IMMINENT THREAT. Clinton said it in his 1998 speech. President Bush said it was a growing threat. We got to get the bad guys before it reaches immenet level.

From the State of the Union, January 2003:

Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option.

[rwfromkansas]

Did Bush ever mention the threat as being imminent ever?

The fact that Clinton did is pretty powerful if Bush never did, as it shows Bush as being more cautious.