Few senators read Iraq NIE report

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/few-senators-read-iraq-nie-report-2007-06-19.html

Few senators read Iraq NIE report
By Manu Raju, Elana Schor and Ilan Wurman
June 19, 2007

Only a handful of senators outside the Intelligence Committee say they read the full 92-page National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq’s ability to attack the U.S. before voting to go to war, according to a survey conducted by The Hill.

The low interest in the classified estimate, or NIE, could offer valuable cover to the five senators seeking the presidency who acknowledged during recent debates that they did not read the complete document before the pivotal Iraq vote.

The Hill contacted all 69 sitting senators who voted on the war authorization in the wee hours of Oct. 11, 2002, as well as former senators who did so.

Twenty-two senators told The Hill that they read the document before the vote. The offices of 38 senators said they had not read the full report or could not recall, while six senators did not comment. Nine sitting senators and 21 former senators did not return repeated requests for comment (see chart).

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[Solly Mack]

1. Guess what I'm thinking.

Nah...best not

[Captain Hilts]

2. They received the NIE barely 24 hours before the vote. nt

[MannyGoldstein]

4. I Guess There Was Something Good On The Tube n/t

[babylonsister]

6. 22 senators supposedly managed to read it. nt

[Captain Hilts]

7. I've got some swampland in FLA to sell you....nt

[MannyGoldstein]

3. It's Only A War For Chrissakes!

And it was other people's kids that were going - their kids would be safe working at hedge funds and whatnot.

So don't get your knickers in a twist.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Well, it's not like it was something important...like fundraising.