Bush to Back Probe of Iraq Data, Officials Say

[stevedeshazer]

Reported Shift Comes Amid Pressure From Hill

President Bush has agreed to support an independent inquiry into the prewar intelligence that he used to assert that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, Republican and congressional sources said yesterday.

The shift by the White House, which had previously maintained that any such inquiry should wait until a more exhaustive weapons search has been completed, came after pressure from lawmakers in both parties and from the former chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq.

There was no official confirmation from the White House yesterday, but sources in the government said Bush's announcement of support for an independent commission is imminent. Vice President Cheney has begun to call lawmakers on the intelligence committees, who have encouraged the administration to proceed with an inquiry.

The White House has not settled on what type of independent review it would favor and has not backed any specific plan.

more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1845-2004Jan31.html

[fairfaxvadem]

1. I have a bridge to sell anyone who believes this..

Just like Plame, just like Cheney's energy meetings, just like 9/11.

Lipservice.

[stevedeshazer]

2. I'd sure like to be a fly on the wall

in a Bushco Cabinet meeting.

[Just Me]

3. YadaYadaYada,...blahYadablah,...Yadablahblah,...EOM

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Ok, bush is in for it if this is real

They should wait a few months, after he sends several more hundred men to their deaths in Iraq, like late spring. Let the bastard compete with a Dem candidate AND this investigation AND guys getting killed every fucking day. I can't wait.

[lazarus]

5. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=341099