Faulty Intelligence Part 1

On November 1, 2005, Senate Republicans were forced by the Democrats into a rare closed session, which only ended when Republicans agreed to speed up the inquiry into the Bush Administration's handling of pre-war intelligence. (This investigation comprises phase 2 of a report, the first part of which had been issued on July 7, 2004. Democrats had reluctantly agreed then to postpone phase 2 until after the November 2004 elections.) At the end of the closed session, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that on February 12, 2004, the Committee had unanimously agreed, (and announced to the public), that certain areas would be investigated. These included any intelligence activities related to Iraq within the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Douglas Feith, and the use of information provided by Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress.