You couldn't be more correct. Here is the next paragraph from the article excerpted above:
Democrats have responded to the administration's counter-attack by denying they saw the same intelligence as the administration before the war. They have accused the administration of trying to convince the U.S. public there was a link between Saddam and al Qaeda even though the intelligence community rejected that idea.
What was the deal with the Church Commission findings back in the 1970s? They looked into CIA assassination etc. activity and established the requirement for congressional oversight of intelligence activity, no? Didn't that establish the fact that the Senate and House were to have a separate-but-equal status with the Executive Branch in overseeing intelligence activity? If that's the case, then Congress can not now plead ignorance regarding Iraq intelligence. Anyone know how the Church Commission's work plays out here?