WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's inspector general has been asked to investigate the prewar intelligence role of a planning office headed by former U.S. defense policy chief Douglas Feith, a main architect of the Iraq war, officials said on Tuesday.
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However, Democrats on the committee including the vice chairman, Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia, opposed Roberts' action and warned the move could delay the Senate investigation of Feith's office by up to a year.
The Senate committee, which produced a scathing report on U.S. prewar intelligence in July 2004, is due to examine the Office of Special Plans as part of a second-phase probe into how Bush administration officials used intelligence on Iraq while making their case for war.
"In no way does the vice chairman believe the IG's investigation should be a substitute for the committee's work. The committee agreed to look at this and it needs to fulfill its commitment," said Rockefeller spokeswoman Wendy Morigi.
She said Rockefeller was not aware of Roberts' request to the inspector general until after the letter had been sent.
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=N08652716Roberts wants to defer to a Pentagon investigation of the Pentagon :grr: