The material filled "three or four boxes," the aide added.

The aide added, "And you have received a private message."

But the aide added that House leaders had yet to reach an agreement on such a course of action.

"Some in our campaign want to stress it," the aide added.

Mr. Bush also said he did not want to act through executive order, the aides added.

By wide account, the aide added, this did not happen.

A senior Republican aide added, "Clearly, there was a feeling we had to turn up the pressure."

Of course, as the aide added, "he knows he's going to need those people when this is all over."

"The two prisoners are being brought here," the aide added.

An aide added that the Council spent more than half of its time on street name changes.