The 92-page estimate was provided by the CIA to members of Congress before they had to vote Oct. 11, 2002, on whether to authorize the use of force in Iraq.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, earlier this month repeated that only six senators had read the document, saying he was one and the committee chairman, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), was another. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who prodded President Bush to make sure the estimate was finished in time, said she was another. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) couldn’t remember. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) declined to say.
Kerry admits that he did not read the whole document. “I got a personal briefing at the Pentagon,” he said - which is not the equivalent. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), one of the loudest “We wuz misled!” whiners, admits that he didn’t read the whole thing either.
http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=114273
Thanks for the link!
Now a few questions.....
Was the 92-page pre war intelligence report available to all senators & congressmen or just to the intelligence committees?
If it was available to all and only Rockefeller, Roberts & Feinstein .... plus three yet to be named senators....took time to read it, then we have 94 deadbeat senators!
Thanks for the link! So, six read it but didn't read it according to Rockefeller? Lieberman can't remember, sounds about right. He probably doesn't remember running for VP. Of course, Kerry had a Personal Presentation to replace having to read some lame document. If the truth were known, few read it and fewer understood what they read. They waited for the DNC talking points and leaks in the NY Times.