Reply #29: Carl Levin says .............only half the "picture"

[bluedog]

"Carl Levin, a Democratic senator on the intelligence committee, said it was 'only half the picture' because of the insistence by Republicans on the panel that examination of the White House's role be dealt with in a separate report, to be published after the election."

Gee, I wonder why they would want to wait until after the election?

"Vincent Cannistraro, a former chief of operations in the CIA's counter-terrorist unit...said repeated questioning of reports downplaying Iraq's arsenal and links with al-Qaida by Mr Cheney and other senior officials led to an atmosphere in which the CIA leadership and analysts 'bent over backwards' to find evidence that conformed to the administration's views."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1257431,00.html