Democrat Disputes Rice on Iraq Claims

[kskiska]

Rep. Harman Says Intelligence Review Unearthed Scant Evidence of Weapons

The leading Democrat on the House intelligence committee yesterday strongly disputed the assertion by national security adviser Condoleezza Rice that there was new information to support the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the war and was a looming threat to the United States.

"We don't see the support for that," said Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, whose staff has spent four months scrutinizing 19 volumes of intelligence underlying the intelligence community's prewar judgments about Iraq.

"As we moved to war, did the claims the policymakers made, were those claims supported by the intelligence?" Harman asked. "My conclusion is no."

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Harman said the letter to Tenet was meant to elicit a response from him about why the NIE made assertions that appear not to be supported by the underlying evidence. "We want an explanation from him," she said.

"I'm concerned that the proper process of vetting information . . . has been seriously neglected," she said, "and that what we end up with is a chorus of, 'We too,' which is not very helpful."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19528-2003Sep29.html

[mmm]

1. She talks like a fuckin' idiot

where is the Dem moral fiber?
I am concerned.

[KoKo]

3. I saw her this afternoon being interviewed and she was really good...more

impressive than I've heard folks talk about her on DU. She had alot of spine and was more impressive to me than Nancy Pelosi. :shrug:

[spooky3]

2. Interesting, thanks!