CHAIRMAN ROBERTS AND VICE CHAIRMAN ROCKEFELLER
ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE�S REVIEW OF PRE-WAR INTELLIGENCE ON IRAQ
WASHINGTON, DC � U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Vice Chairman Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today issued the following joint statement regarding the Committee�s review of pre-war intelligence on Iraq:
�The Committee just completed the first in what will probably be two or more hearings with Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet focusing on the intelligence community�s performance prior to the war in Iraq.
�Late last year the Director asked for an opportunity to present his case for the intelligence community�s assessments on Iraq.
�We agreed that this was not only appropriate, but necessary.
�Members of the Committee also used this opportunity to ask Director Tenet questions relevant to our ongoing review.
�We had what we believe was a frank and useful exchange, but we obviously have much more work to do with the intelligence community.
�We will now work toward completing our initial report which we hope can be released publicly sometime in the next several weeks.
�After the release of that report we will continue to work on a number of other issues, including what recommendations for change the Committee can make to address a number of concerns identified in our review.�
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