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Deep-sixing Senate inquiry into Iraq Intel failure.(INSIDER REPORT)

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During 2004 Senate hearings into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, deferred until after the election an inquiry into the most contentious issue: whether Bush administration officials consciously relied on misinformation in crafting prewar statements about Saddam's arsenal. In April, Senator Roberts promised that "Phase II" of the investigation begun two years ago--the long-deferred examination of the question of "cooked" intelligence--was completed, and the report would be forthcoming as soon as committee members had reviewed it.

In mid-June, National Review contributor Byron York indicated that Sen. Roberts had found another excuse to delay publication of the report, which would be politically damaging to the administration and the GOP in the upcoming elections. The section of the report dealing with prewar ...

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