CIA Director to Appear Before Senate Intelligence Panel
VOA News
16 Jul 2003, 12:25 UTC
CIA Director George Tenet appears before a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday, where is he expected to face tough questioning about pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons program.
Senate Intelligence Committee members are seeking assurances from Mr. Tenet about the quality of U.S. intelligence. The CIA chief's appearance comes less than a week after he took responsibility for a discredited statement by President Bush about Iraqi efforts to buy uranium from Niger. Some congressional Democrats have used the statement in the President's State of the Union address to question the U.S. case for military action in Iraq.
Although President Bush blamed the CIA for allowing the discredited statement to remain in his speech, he has expressed confidence in Mr. Tenet.
Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency says most of the uranium believed looted from Iraq's main nuclear research facility near Baghdad has been recovered.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency says at least 10 kilograms of low grade uranium could still be missing from the Tuwaitha facility. But officials say the uranium cannot be used to make nuclear weapons.
Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.
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