From the Financial Times...
In a claim that could fuel conspiracy theories about the recent oil price decline - in an interview to be broadcast on CBS on Sunday - Bob Woodward described a conversation between Prince Bandar bin Sultan and Mr Bush in which the former Saudi ambassador said he could ease oil prices ahead of the elections.
"They could go down very quickly. That's the Saudi pledge. Certainly over the summer, or as we get closer to the election, they could increase production several million barrels a day," Mr Woodward said.