Re: The \"we saw the same intel\" argument put to rest
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So, what you're saying is, Congress must be held accountable regardless of the fact that the White House can manipulate what intelligence the members see and they can manipulate how it is presented?
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Yes. That's their job. Besides, I believe several committees have concluded that the executive branch did not try to pressure the intel people or seriously distort what intel was available.
All I know is that the type of intelligence not available to Congress should not be making that much of a difference because it is probably raw and unanalyzed. Do you know of intelligence that was available to the President but not to Congress that would have changed the votes of all those Democrats to against the war?
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