Senator Kit Bond says he's reviewing Panetta's past statements or "misstatements"

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http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41745&dcn=todaysnews

Senate GOP begins review of Panetta

Senate Republicans on Wednesday began listing concerns and questions they have about President-elect Obama's selection of Leon Panetta to lead the CIA, including statements Panetta had made regarding intelligence assessments about Iraq.

Senate GOP aides working with Senate Intelligence ranking member Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo., are poring over Panetta's public statements and writings to determine what kind of a grasp he has on intelligence matters.

One of the first items to catch their attention includes part of an opinion piece Panetta wrote in March in the Monterey (Calif.) County Herald.

"Five years ago, America went to war in Iraq over the false fear that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," Panetta wrote, adding that "we now know that there were intelligence officials who questioned the assertion."

To the contrary, Bond's office asserts that every intelligence professional interviewed for a report about prewar intelligence on Iraq believed the country had weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion.

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Bond added: "I will also be examining some of Mr. Panetta's previous statements -- or misstatements -- about intelligence and want to gauge his willingness to correct these things once he knows the facts."

Bond said he is concerned that when Panetta served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, not enough was done to go after al-Qaida.

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1. Yeah, no wonder kit bond is

getting out.

[rvablue]

2. I have an idea...why don't we do our own review of Mr. Bond's past "mistatements"?