Senate Intelligence Report LIVE Thread

CNN and Cable news ^ | July 9, 2004

[TomGuy]

Going on now. Roberts spoke, blamed CIA and intelligence agencies. Rockerfeller speaking, blames intelligence agencies and administration and (some) to the Congress.

[Bahbah]

"he will say there is no evidence that Iraq aided Al Qaida?"

Very good guess.

[Designer]

"Is that what it is? Political views?"

Well, duh! The whole thing is nothing but political posturing. Do not expect anything of substance from those hearings.

[sure_fine]

Listening to this is making me ill. Months ago a memo was leaked to Sean Hannity outlining the use of this report to damage or destroy Bush. Stupid Republicans, will they never learn? I am SO tired of belonging to the stupid party!

I can not understand why the repubs don't take atleast a defense instead of just rolling with the punch after punch after punch

[OneLoyalAmerican]

For democRats political IS policy. But it always depends upon what the meaning of IS is.

[tentmaker]

I just don't get it. I will need to wait for a transcript of this press conference to go over the points, item by item, but it seemed clear to me that Pat Roberts list of exaggerations was not correct. This was pertaining to the NIE of late 2002, right? He did say these claims were not supported by the intel, not that they were flat out wrong, but still.... Is it possible that the Senate committee did not get to see some of the intelligence?

Again.... David Kay's report (which was preliminary) seems to belie many of the points that Roberts read.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Kerry would have been there, but he's been too busy...

[TomGuy]

A bit earlier, Rockerfeller make a remark that someone had the theory that any WMD found in Iraq now were all old from the Iraq-Iran War.

[R is setting the foundation to discount any that might be found there. Thus, the lib/dems can still accuse the Admin for going to War wrongly.]

[easonc52]

Definitely a heavy dose of President Bush and VP Cheney bashing. Seemingly very hurtful. And in time for a whole weekend of TV talkies speculation.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Congress gets a little blame? Oh, that figures, especially coming from that mealy-mouthed Rockefeller. Rockefeller spent all these years in the Intelligence Committee, under the Clinton admin and the Bush admin. To be fair, Bush only was in office 8 months as opposed to Clinton's 8 years.

Rockefeller, you're just an angry putz, you disgust me. Your angry because Bush is doing something about it, while Clinton swept it under the rug all those years hoping the threat of terrorism would go away on it's own.

Don't give me that pap that we have no coalition. The rest of the world can hate us all they want. Hate comes cheap, there's a price for respect, and you have to earn respect

[DoughtyOne]

By now I've grown to smile at oxymorons like the one in the title. I doubt these chumps could provide an accurate coherant report if it was handed to them only to carry five feet before opening.

[mtbopfuyn]

Intelligence??? Hahahaha!

[TomGuy]

This news conference and the report are nothing more than buttcoverings for the Senate. They are creating cover for their own re-election efforts and to heck with the admin or the nation.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I think in the end the Democrats will open the door and bloody their noses.

[go-ken-go]

I am so upset with what both senators are saying...
they act like the Clinton Admin. never had same intelligence.
Its outrageous the slant this report has.
Can someone tell me why they don't just think there were WMD, and that Iraq had time to hide/get rid of them during the lead up to war.
Just smells like Politics to me.

[Designer]

" I am SO tired of belonging to the stupid party!"

I know what you mean. Some days it is very frustrating, but I keep on trying to educate my fellow Republicans.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Smells like treason to me.

[DoughtyOne]

I wish. No he moved on by his own choosing. I'd have asked for his resignation within one hour of being sworn in. I wouldn't have kept one Klinton holdover. Tainted goods! Clinton never hired a person he didn't have dirt on, or was so incompetent that he could control them. Hillary saw to that.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The whole damn lot of those Senate Democrats can all go %$#@ themselves, and ride out on those donkeys they all rode in on.

[Bahbah]

Senator Roberts very forceful on the position that there was no political pressure to obtain a result.

[dts32041]

Rockefeller generosity and intelligence is limited t to giving dimes to children.

Demo rat side of the rino family.