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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 11:58 AM
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Roberts is using a trick to stall investigation for up to a year
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=N08652716

Roberts wants to defer to a Pentagon investigation of the Pentagon :grr:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:00 PM
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1. A republican 'stunt'?....I can't imagine such a thing!!!! Rat Bastards.
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lala_rawraw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:00 PM
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2. And when did Raw report this?
God, are we living in a fact time delay vortex?
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:01 PM
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3. It's about time to shut down the Senate
which can be done by insisting that all procedures be followed to the letter. The repukes can scream, but we've got the best reason in the world to do it-a majority of people say that if Bush lied to get us into war, he should be impeached. We deserve to know one way or another.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:02 PM
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4. They're doing us a favor...
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 12:02 PM by C_U_L8R
the more they stall... the more often it will resurface in the news.
They are f*ck'd no matter what they do.
ha.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:07 PM
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5. Roberts is there to cover-up the truth
in any way he can. That is what he will continue to do.
No investigation can be legitimate with him involved.
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Lexingtonian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 12:16 PM
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6. it's wrong

but dealing with the Administration as it deserves will take a Democratic Congressional investigation anyway, and that's January or February of 2007.
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