Intelligence Failures: Senate Investigation Continues

Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) are still on the case. Chris Strohm at Government Executive magazine reports:

At the time, Roberts and Rockefeller said they were launching a second phase that would investigate whether senior Bush administration officials intentionally exaggerated information and pressured analysts in order to build a case for invading Iraq in 2003.

As I wrote two weeks ago it has been public information since last July that several analysts knew the WMD reports from the source nicknamed "Curveball" were unreliable. Judge Silberman and Senator Robb seem to have overlooked this telling detail. The "Powers that Be" e-mail seems to be the key to finding out who exaggerated and pressured analysts to build the case. Maybe Roberts and Rockerfeller will get answers.