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June 28, 2006 | Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday asked for a formal investigation into whether national security had been damaged by recent news reports unearthing details of two controversial Bush administration anti-terrorism programs. "Numerous recent unauthorized disclosures of sensitive intelligence programs have directly threatened important efforts in the war against terrorism," Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) wrote in a letter to National Intelligence Director John D. Negroponte.
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May 27, 2006 | Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer
The Senate Intelligence Committee is seeking to force the Bush administration to disclose details about secret overseas prisons thought to be run by the CIA, part of a broader effort by lawmakers to compel the White House to provide more information on sensitive intelligence programs.
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March 15, 2006 | Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
The Senate Intelligence Committee has moved toward completing its long-awaited investigation of the Bush administration's prewar assertions about Iraq, with three of five sections nearly finished, the committee's chairman said Tuesday. Seeking to quell controversy over the pace of the inquiry, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) for the first time provided details and a partial timeline for completing the investigation, which has been underway for more than two years.
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March 10, 2006 | Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer
Senators filed out of a tense, closed-door session of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week, seemingly enveloped in an angry cloud of steam. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the chairman of the panel, recalled the "nonpartisan tradition" of the committee. "We should fight the enemy; we should not fight each other," he said. His Democratic counterpart, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, was fuming.
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March 8, 2006 | Greg Miller and Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writers
Republican members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday defeated a Democratic push to investigate a domestic espionage operation authorized by President Bush, but pledged to increase scrutiny of the controversial program through a newly created subcommittee.
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February 16, 2006 | Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
Lawmakers pressed ahead Wednesday with proposals that would authorize President Bush's domestic spying program, as Senate Intelligence Committee members debated whether to launch an investigation into the controversial surveillance activities. The Senate Intelligence Committee meets today and is expected to vote on a Democratic proposal to investigate the eavesdropping by the National Security Agency.