Phase II of Intelligence Investigation Could Push Impeachment

Haven't you wondered what the hell happened to Pat Robert's promise to give Phase II (what the administration did with the intelligence) high priority??

Getting this done, as promised would be a great start toward impeachment !

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/fedagencies/july-dec04/senate_7-09.html

Here's what Roberts said on PBS back when the Phase I report came out:

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TSEN. PAT ROBERTS: Well, of course, I am terribly disturbed by the flaws in intelligence, and that's why both Senator Rockefeller and I have as a priority goal not only the phase two part of the investigation but also a priority on reform and change that should be made. And we are going to have experts throughout the community testify before the Intelligence Committee. We're going to do it in a careful and a very deliberate way. But, Jim, right now we're under threat in terms of a possible homeland attack. So these flaws have to be corrected.

JIM LEHRER: Phase two is looking at the use of this intelligence by the administration?

SEN. PAT ROBERTS: Well, basically, it's the prewar intelligence on post war Iraq. What were we saying on what the condition would be right now, and everybody knows that post war Iraq is sort of an oxymoron -- there is a war, a big-time war -- also the use of intelligence. And also what effect on the intelligence product did the Department of Defense have with Assistant Secretary Fife and the Iraqi National Congress?

JIM LEHRER: So, Senator, in a few seconds then, Senator Rockefeller this thing is a long way from being done, this is only stage one of what you and your committee are going to do and look at, correct?

SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER: I certainly hope that's correct. And the chairman has assured me that's correct. We have two things that we have to do and we have to do them on a parallel tract and we have to do them as fast as we can. One is we have to come up with reforms that can be legislated within the intelligence system to make it better. And secondly, we have to do what the rules of the committee cause us to do, but we just never were able to do it, and that is not just look at prewar intelligence with respect to Iraq, but also the use of, how was that intelligence put to use, what -- did the policy-makers make decisions based on that intelligence, which is where I come into my trouble with why we went to war.
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Let's wait and find out where this leads.

it's obvious that the administration wasn't at fault. He's doing all he can to obstruct further investigation, claiming that this was "a global failure" in intelligence gathering.

was very emotional about the whole thing. He really admired him for publicly stating that he was reversing his support for the war.

Guess there's no leverage. Pat Roberts probably wouldn't give a shit if we bombarded his office with mail.

Not a big surprise, but still barf-inducing...