CIA Restricts One-Third of U.S. Senate WMD Report

[No2W2004]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20040615/ts_nm/security_intelligence_dc

After reviewing the roughly 400 pages for classified data, the intelligence agency returned the report to the Senate Intelligence Committee with brackets around 30 percent to 40 percent of the contents to signal the information was secret, intelligence sources said.

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The CIA tried to preserve as much of the report in its original format as possible, but some sections contained information that revealed sources, operational techniques and intelligence collection methods, one intelligence official said on condition of anonymity.

"I think they (CIA) went way overboard. Clearly what they are doing is taking the heart of the report out of it," Sen. Richard Durbin (news, bio, voting record), an Illinois Democrat, said.

Asked how critical the report was of the CIA and its director, George Tenet, who is leaving next month, Durbin replied: "I think it's very honest and there are parts of it that are very critical."