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Bush Seeks To Restrict Hill Probes Of Sept. 11 Intelligence Panels' Secrecy Is Favored By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 30, 2002; Page A04 President Bush asked House and Senate leaders yesterday to allow only two congressional committees to investigate the government's response to the events of Sept. 11, officials said. The president said the inquiry should be limited to the House and Senate intelligence committees, whose proceedings are generally secret. Senate Democratic leaders want a broader investigation, involving some committees that would be free to air their findings. The focus of the committee probes is likely to center on intelligence failures preceding the terrorist attacks that killed about 3,100 people. A senior administration official said Congress "is already well set up through the intelligence committees to review intelligence matters, and those committees have a history of working with secret and classified documents that other committees lack. . . . The president thinks it's important for Congress to review events in a way that does not unduly burden the defense and intelligence communities as they are still charged with fighting a war." Capitol Hill sources said Bush made the request of Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) during a breakfast meeting with congressional leaders. The White House would not confirm that. The congressional sources said Vice President Cheney called Daschle last week with the same request. Daschle told reporters that Cheney had "expressed the concern that a review of what happened on September 11 would take resources and personnel away from the effort in the war on terrorism." Daschle said the probe will start with the Intelligence Committee in an effort "to limit the scope and the overall review of what happened." "But clearly I think the American people are entitled to know what happened and why at some point, just as they were desirous of knowing what happened after the Pearl Harbor attack," Daschle said. "We did that right during the early stages of World War II. So we haven't made any conclusions yet." A Senate Democratic aide said one objection to limiting the investigation is that "most of what the Intelligence Committee does is behind closed doors and never sees the light of day. If there is an issue, the public deserves to know about it." The two intelligence committees are planning a joint, bipartisan investigation. The Democratic aide said lawmakers are expected to look into what was known before Sept. 11 about the possibility of a major attack, "why our intelligence wasn't better -- why we didn't know," how different parts of the government responded, and perhaps whether the government is prepared for a future attack. © 2002 The Washington Post Company ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
