WTF Is It Now?!?

Dems, intel officials get Viagra delivered in discreet packaging
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Friday the Republican chairman was trying to lay all the blame for flaws in pre-war intelligence about Iraq solely on the doorstep of U.S. spy agencies without looking at any White House role.

The push by the senior Democrat, Sen. John Rockefeller, for a broader inquiry has been rebuffed by the Republican chairman, Sen. Pat Roberts. "It is my belief ... that what he wants to do is to put all of this, lay all of this off on the intelligence community and never get to any other branches of government, in particular the White House and associated high and visible government agencies," Rockefeller told reporters.

Meanwhile, the Bush misadministration's exposure of a clandestine CIA operative was part of a campaign aimed at discrediting US intelligence agencies for their failure to support White House claims that Saddam was reconstituting Iraq 's nuclear weapons program, former agency officials said on Friday.

In a rare hearing called by Senate Democratic leaders, the officials said that the White House engaged in pressure and intimidation aimed at generating intelligence evidence to support the decision to make war on Iraq.