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Originally Posted by magictoy
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Originally Posted by willravel
Bush initiated it. He directed investications to find fault in Iraq. He insisted on a war, and information was withheld from the Senate. Yea, it's all Kerry's fault.
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Documentation on what was withheld from the Senate? |
Now that we are beyond the Kerry apology, time for a little house-keeping to clear up another misconception that magic questioned and the Repubs often repeat. (just like the Bullshit that Dems dont vote to support the troops and vets).
Congress NEVER had access to the same pre-war intelligence as the White House before they voted on the Iraq resolution, despite Bush's claim for three years to the contrary.
From the non-partisan Congressional Research Service:
* The President has access to all national intelligence collected, analyzed and produced by the Intelligence community, and has the authority to restrict the flow of intelligence to Congress.
* Administration officials routinely have access to more, and to more sensitive, intelligence than do Members of Congress. And through their daily routines and staff, Administration officials are inherently more capable of assessing finished intelligence products.
* The President has a statutory responsibility to keep Congress “fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities.”
* There are four types of intelligence not routinely shared with Congress.
- Tailored intelligence products such as the President’s Daily Brief (PDB);
- Identities of intelligence sources;
- Intelligence collection and analysis “methods”; and
- “Raw” or “lightly evaluated” intelligence.
http://feinstein.senate.gov/05releas...-intel-rpt.htm
I dont question the right of the President to have access to more intelligence information than every member of Congress....I do question when he lies to the American people about Congressional access to intelligence being equal.