Bush, CIA withhold Iraq intelligence paper

Washington, DC, Jul. 14 (UPI) -- The White House and the CIA are
refusing to give the Senate Intelligence Committee a one-page summary of
Iraq pre-war intelligence, the New York Times said.

The review was prepared for President Bush in October 2002, and
summarized the findings of a classified, 90-page National Intelligence
Estimate about Iraq's illicit weapons.

"In determining what the president was told about the contents of the
NIE dealing with Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, qualifiers and all,
there is nothing clearer than this single page," Sen. Richard Durbin,
D-Ill., said in a 10-page "additional view" that was published as an
addendum to the Senate Intelligence Committee's report Friday.

Republican Congressional officials have said there is nothing unusual
about the preparation of the one-page summary for Bush. They say they
accept as legitimate the CIA's refusal to share the document with the
intelligence committee, on the ground that documents prepared by the
agency explicitly for a president should remain privileged and classified.

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At some point, the truth will be known. Perhaps before the election.