The Congressional Research Service just issued a report stating that President Bush had access to more intelligence information than Congress did during its deliberations to grant the President authority to invade Iraq. This contradicts one of the statements the president and Vice President have been making for weeks that members of Congress knew what the White House knew. From today's Washington Post:
A congressional report made public yesterday concluded that President Bush and his inner circle had access to more intelligence and reviewed more sensitive material than what was shared with Congress when it gave Bush the authority to wage war against Iraq. ...
The report does not cite examples of intelligence Bush reviewed that differed from what Congress saw. If such information is available, the report's authors do not have access to it. The Bush administration has routinely denied Congress access to documents, saying it would have a chilling effect on deliberations. The report, however, concludes that the Bush administration has been more restrictive than its predecessors in sharing intelligence with Congress.
Click here to read the whole report.
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