Giving ’Em Hell

Harry Reid’s whole statement on the Senate’s closed session is here. Key questions for which he’s demanding answers:

o How did the Bush Administration assemble its case for war against Iraq?

o Who did Bush Administration officials listen to and who did they ignore?

o How did senior Administration officials manipulate or manufacture intelligence presented to the Congress and the American people?

o What was the role of the White House Iraq Group or WHIG, a group of senior White House officials tasked with marketing the war and taking down its critics?

o How did the Administration coordinate its efforts to attack individuals who dared to challenge the Administration’s assertions?

o Why has the Administration failed to provide Congress with the documents that will shed light on their misconduct and misstatements?

We demand that the Intelligence Committee and other committees in this body with jurisdiction over these matters carry out a full and complete investigation immediately as called for by Democrats in the committee’s annual intelligence authorization report. Our troops and the American people have sacrificed too much. It is time this Republican-controlled Congress put the interests of the American people ahead of their own political interests.

Yowza. Please let this be the headline news on every major newspaper tomorrow morning.