Pentagon to Investigate Prewar Intelligence Use

The U.S. Defense Department inspector general’s office last month said it would investigate the use of intelligence by former Defense Undersecretary Douglas Feith leading up to the invasion of Iraq, Reuters reported (see GSN, July 15).

The investigation comes as the debate intensifies over whether the Bush administration misused intelligence to convince the public that war with Iraq was necessary (see GSN, Nov. 17). The dispute has exposed fissures between the White House and lawmakers from both parties, according to Reuters.

Democrats have charged Feith with twisting intelligence to suggest links between al-Qaeda and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The Sept. 11 commission in its report last year said it had found no indications of a collaborative relationship (see GSN, June 22, 2004; Reuters/Washington Post, Nov. 18).

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