Short story, computer that can answer any question refuses to do so.

[Shalom]

Years ago, I read a short story about an IBM computer that could come up with answers to any question, but had apparently malfunctioned as it refused to answer questions put to it by certain politicians. The repairman fixed it by removing the (IBM-standard-issue) sign on the wall that said "THINK".(highlight for spoiler)

This was many years ago that I read it, but I can't remember the title nor the author. It might have been one of the Golden Age guys; it feels like something Asimov might have written. I'd love to track this down, because one of the questions the computer refused to answer was from the President, who'd asked "How can I consolidate my hold on power?" and the answer was approximately "Find a b@mb in the White House; spend the remainder of your term looking for another." What with the current terrorist-hiding-under-every-rock mentality that seems to be going on these days, I'd really like to re-read this for the exact wording.

Anybody?

 

[lazygun]

This reminds me of a PKD short story title,"The day mr. computer fell out of its tree."
Was the Repairman brought out of Hibernation/Virtual reality to solve the problem?.

 

[lazygun]

Or perhaps another PKD short "Holy quarrel",on reading a post by Fried Egg?.

 

[Metryq]

The idea sounds similar to Robert Sheckley's short "Ask A Foolish Question," available on Gutenberg.

 

[Vertigo]

It keeps making me think of Azimov's Last Question (one of my favourite short stories ever) - but the plot's all wrong

 

[Shalom]

OK, got an answer to my question: someone on Stack Exchange identified it as Theodore Sturgeon's The Nail And The Oracle. Haven't confirmed this myself yet, but I definitely recognize the anthology they said it was in.

edit: Confirmed. The text of the question was "DETONATE ONE B@MB WITHIN UNDERGROUND H.Q.. SPEND YOUR SUBSEQUENT TENURE LOOKING FOR OTHERS."