"[I]ntelligence that our sources had been unable to verify" is, in my opinion, "faulty intelligence" for purpose of inclusion in a president's State of the Union address.
I agree with the White House that it would have been much better to have excised those 16 words.
I agree with the White House that it would have been much better to have excised those 16 words.
Personally, I just don't see the problem, but I don't see that the line added that much to the SOTU address either.