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Rice Accused of Suppressing Terror Info
By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer

Friday, April 22, 2005



(04-22) 09:52 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --


A senior House Democrat who has been sharply critical of State Department reporting on terrorism is accusing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of denying Congress and the public important information about the number of incidents.


"There appears to be a pattern in the administration's approach to terrorism data: favorable facts are revealed while unfavorable facts are suppressed," Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California said in a letter to the department's acting inspector general, Cameron R. Hume.


Waxman said that Rice's predecessor, Colin Powell, had consulted Congress and never sought to withhold data from the public.


The question is "whether political considerations played a role in Secretary Rice's decision."

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