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Frist Freezes Senate Probe of Prewar Iraq Data

By Walter Pincus and Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, November 8, 2003; Page A18

Angry about a leaked Democratic memo, the Republican leadership of the Senate yesterday took the unusual step of canceling all business of the committee investigating prewar intelligence on Iraq.

Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) called on the author of the memo -- which laid out a possible Democratic strategy to extend the investigation to include the White House and executive branch -- to "identify himself or herself . . . disavow this partisan attack in its entirety" and deliver "a personal apology" to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Angry about a leaked Democratic memo, the Republican leadership of the Senate yesterday took the unusual step of canceling all business of the committee investigating prewar intelligence on Iraq.

If you ever needed proof of Washington Post liberal bias, it is right here in this lead.

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Disbanded?

AP:"Frist's comments suggested that the committee will speed up the work in light of the Democratic memo. On Tuesday, Roberts said it would be difficult to complete an interim report before the Senate adjourns late this month or in December. He said he didn't know if a draft report could be circulated among committee members before they return in January. But Frist said Friday he and Roberts determined that the review will be finished this year."

How could this be if the committee is out of business? Frist cannot disband the Senate Intelligence Commitee as Newsmax wrote. Certain aspects of the investigation may be on hold but the Committee certainly still exists.