Prewar intelligence probe grinds towards end as parties accuse each other of delay
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Prewar_intelligence_probe_grinds_to_end_0411.htmlGOP Chairman signals intent to examine Iran
The Senate Intelligence Committee's inquiry into whether the U.S. intelligence community "cooked" pre-war Iraq intelligence now appears likely to be concluded soon, and a spokesman for the Committee's chairman says he's ready to get onto more "pressing matters" like Iran.
Speaking for Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS), spokeswoman Sarah Little told RAW STORY three sections of the so-called "Phase II" report are likely to made available to members of the committee after the Senate's Easter recess. Little rebuffed Democrats' assertions that the report had been unreasonably delayed.
Democrats, meanwhile, say Roberts stonewalled the inquiry until November, when they shuttered the Senate to demand the investigation be completed.
“There was a lack of commitment to finishing the report in an expeditious manner,” Wendy Morigi, spokeswoman for Intelligence Vice Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), said. “There was virtually no work done on it before November.”
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