Release of Iraq Report Sought:Jane Harman's letter to CIA

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Democratic Rep. Jane Harman says the White House is suppressing a new intelligence document that gives a 'grim' view of the war.

WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accused the Bush administration Thursday of suppressing a classified intelligence report that paints a "grim" picture of the situation in Iraq.

Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice) sent a letter to CIA Director Michael V. Hayden requesting the release of the report and charging that the agency was withholding the information out of political considerations, which she said was demoralizing to the agency's workforce.

"I believe that the intelligence community has produced an in-depth intelligence review of Iraq, but that the material has been stamped 'draft' and will not be finalized" until after the November election, Harman said in the letter, which was released by her office. "The integrity of the organization you lead is at stake."

The letter underscores the simmering political tensions in Washington over intelligence reports that have provided fodder for Democrats in their criticism of the Bush administration's foreign policy and management of the war in Iraq.

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