Reply #17: The Ranking Dems on the Intelligence Committees [View All]

[Thrasybulus]

Pelosi in the House and Graham in the Senate, received the
most sensitive information not available to even their fellow
Congress critters and both voted against the Iraq War
Resolution.

Pelosi is quoted here:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=122  

 [Pelosi, the number two Democrat in the House, was equally
outspoken in her opposition to the resolution. Rejecting the
argument that the president needed maximum flexibility to act
quickly against an immediate threat, Pelosi noted that Central
Intelligence Agency Director  George Tenet had told Congress
that the likelihood of Iraq's Saddam Hussein launching an
attack on the U.S. using weapons of mass destruction was low.
"This is about the Constitution. It is about this
Congress asserting its right to declare war when we are fully
aware of what the challenges are to us. It is about respecting
the United Nations and a multilateral approach, which is safer
for our troops."]