 US senators have launched a review of US intelligence on Iran to try to avoid pitfalls that marked the path to the invasion of Iraq, the Los Angeles Times said. "We have to be more pre-emptive on this committee to try to look ahead and determine our capabilities so that you don't get stuck with a situation like you did with Iraq," Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee was quoted as saying. | Fine, as long as it doesn't get leaked all over the place. |
"The aim of the Senate review, Roberts said, is to ensure that any weaknesses in American intelligence on Iran are being disclosed to policymakers, and that US spy agencies have adequate resources to fill gaps in collecting information on the Islamic republic," the Los Angeles Times said. Sen John Rockefeller of West Virginia, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement cited by the paper: "One of the lessons we learned from Iraq was not to take all information at face value and to ask more questions in the beginning than in the end." |