July 08, 2004

CNN.com - Senate panel to release report on prewar intelligence

You have to really be looking to find this one, hidden on a page buried three levels down in CNN. From the AP:
A Senate report on intelligence failures leading up to the invasion of Iraq, to be released Friday, will conclude that analysts were not pressured to change their views to support arguments for the attack, congressional and other officials said.

But some intelligence analysts did tell the committee they felt a need to emphasize one piece of evidence over another -- a form of pressure, several Democratic lawmakers will point out in an "alternative view," according to a Democratic congressional aide.

...The Democratic aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said some lawmakers think a hawkish atmosphere encouraging an Iraq invasion contributed to an environment of pressure that analysts operated in. While analysts told the committee they didn't literally feel pressured, some said that they felt they needed to emphasize certain information, the aide said.
Apparently, an anonymous Republican aide was unavailable for comment.