Complex sentence: He states that Hussein came across as "rather reasonable", but that Hussein repeated word for word a line Rumsfeld had used the day before in another meeting--leading Rumsfeld to conclude that he was bugged.
Split into simpler sentences: He states that Hussein came across as "rather reasonable". However, he reports that Hussein repeated word for word a line Rumsfeld had used the day before in another meeting--leading Rumsfeld to conclude that he was bugged.