3+ months ago the Senate was placed into Closed Session....

[Roland99]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/02/senate.iraq/index.html

Roberts said his committee has been working on the Phase 2 investigation since May and "we have what we think is a pretty good report." He said the committee will take up the matter next week.

That was on Wednesday, November 2, 2005



Anyone have today's date?

Just kinda curious. Maybe I missed the Senate taking up the matter.

[gratuitous]

1. Roberts has been BUSY

Making up stories to cover for the corrupt Bush administration is pretty much a full-time gig. You can't possibly expect him to make excuses for administration excesses AND be a Senator at the same time?

[Mabus]

2. Roland99, you *know* the reason it hasn't been released

It is part of their whole Iraqi War cover-up. You posted the reason yesterday at RawStory: Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say.

In the

Someone with knowledge of the classified report that Joe Wilson "orally" filed after his now famed investigative trip to Niger shared with me that there were two notes in that report that had nothing to do with Iraq and its purported activities in Niger.

These two notes focused on Iran's interests and possible activities in Niger.

The question is "why would Iran be interested in Niger uranium when it has more than adequate domestic sources of uranium?"

***

What is fascinating is that one of the staffers of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence mistakenly recorded in the published report that Iraq -- rather than Iran -- attempted to purchase 400-500 tons of uranium. Wilson apparently made clear that it was Iran and not Iraq attempting to make such purchases.

The Washington Post, which reported this inaccuracy -- had to issue a correction that the purchase effort, as reported by Joe Wilson, was made by Iran and not Iraq.

They can't release the Phase 2 without opening up new questions and re-opening some old ones. Everything from Plame to their lying will rise to the surface again. They can't allow that to happen.





Keep on folding

[Roland99]

3. I know. I was just hoping maybe I'd missed the release of the report

:sarcasm:



:(

[Mabus]

4. I've calendared this for tomorrow

Got a work emergency. But I have put calling Roberts' office on my calendar as something to do tomorrow. He's my senator (:cry:) so I should give him a call and find out. I'll let you know what I find out.

[Roland99]

5. Awesome!

[Mabus]

6. UPDATE: Kay from Roberts' office says March

The conversation:

Kay: Hello, this is Kay with Senator Roberts' office. How may I help you?

Me: Hi, this is (gave her real name and phone number) and just so you know, I'm a member of the Democratic Party. Anyway, I have a question. I was just talking with a friend from out-of-state and he wanted to know whatever happened to Phase 2 of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the intelligence failure concerning Iraq.

Kay: Yes.

Me: Well, I was wondering too. What happened to it?

Kay: It is proceeding, probably, maybe... It should probably, maybe be done in March. They've been working on it. All along, they have been working on it. Probably done in March.

Me: Of this year?

Kay: Yes, this year.

Me: That's next month.

Kay: It will probably be done in March, sometime in March.

Me: Early March? Late March? NCAA tournament time March?

Kay: March. Probably sometime in March.

Me: Okay, well thanks for your time. I'll tell my friend. We're all looking forward to reading it.

Kay: Thank you for calling. <click>

I didn't get a chance to ask her how much she thought would be redacted from the public. But there's your answer from Kay at Senator Roberts' Overland Park, Kansas office.

FWIW: Kay is Kay Sharp.

OVERLAND PARK
11900 College Boulevard,
Suite 203
Overland Park, KS 66210
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


Chad Tenpenny, State Director
Ramona Corbin, District Director
Kay Sharp, Constituent Services Director
http://roberts.senate.gov/ksoffice.htm



P.S. Whenever I contact them, I tell them up-front that I'm a Dem. That way they know there are Democrats in Kansas watching them. :evilgrin:

[Roland99]

7. The report will be *completed* in March or it will *start* in March?

I find it very hard to believe it would be completed in March. There's been nothing leaked about the progress of this report since November??

[Mabus]

8. She said they'd be working on it

I asked her about a release around basketball time because men (I know, I'm being sexist but I'm basing it on the way most of the men in my life act) won't be paying attention to the news. They will be watching games. At least that's the way things are around here with KU basketball. No one pays (including me :eyes: - okay my attention is greatly divided) until after the tournament is over.

on edit: She said it would be completed. Done, finito. I doubt it too.

[Roland99]

9. Thanks, Mabus!

March is conference tourney time and then the NCAAs kick into high gear with the Championships being late March/early April. Myself, I was in Nashville and Albuquerque following UofL around (didn't go to St. Louis...Final Four tickets or rent...hmmm..;) )

[Mabus]

10. Believe me, I know the schedule

and I catch shit for it from local DU'ers. In this post (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=153&topic_id=3616&mesg_id=3632) I'm explaining which days are bad for meetups because those days are taken by Jayhawk basketball. I can't help myself.