BACKBONE IN THE BACK ROOM!

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid demanded a closed session to talk about the "Phase II" investigation of the CIA leak. He is pushing the Republicans to keep their promise to investigate pre-war intelligence failures.

"It's important because we live in a democracy. It is clear now that the American people were not properly informed before the invasion of Iraq. Intelligence information was distorted and misused, and we've seen as late as last week the lengths to which this administration has gone to to silence and discredit their critics of the misuse of this intelligence information. The Republican congress in general and the senate in particular and specifically the Senate
Intelligence Committee has been derelict in its responsibility of oversite over this administration. "

"The purpose of this closed session in the Senate chamber, a historic session I might add, is to finally give the truth to at least the members of the Senate, to finally call to task the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committe, to hold him responsible for finally investigating as he's promised for over a year".