Senators vow to finish investigation into faulty intelligence

[The Straight Story]

Senators vow to finish investigation into faulty intelligence
By Chris Strohm
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The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to investigate whether the administration and policymakers exaggerated prewar intelligence on Iraq to justify an invasion, but did not offer any timeline for completing the probe.

The committee will complete the second phase of its investigation, Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said on NBC News' Meet the Press.


"I hope this doesn't take too long," Roberts said. "I'm more than happy to finish this, and I want to finish it, but we have other things that we need to do."


Roberts said other priority work for the committee includes Tuesday's confirmation hearing for John Negroponte to be the national intelligence director and next week's hearing for Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden to be the deputy national intelligence director.

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