Jon S. Corzine: “This amendment calls for a bipartisan commission to study the development and use of intelligence related to Iraq. The…”

“This amendment calls for a bipartisan commission to study the development and use of intelligence related to Iraq. The mission would examine several key issues, including intelligence related to the following questions: Whether Iraq possessed chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; whether Iraq had a link to al-Qaida; whether they attempted to acquire uranium in Africa; whether Iraq attempted to procure aluminum tubes for the development of nuclear weapons; whether Iraq possessed mobile laboratories for the production of weapons of mass destruction; whether Iraq possessed delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction. Mr. President, this is the same amendment I offered in July. At that time, 45 Senators joined in the effort to establish an independent commission, reflecting broad public concern about the potential misuse of intelligence information leading up to the war. Since then, however, additional troubling information has come out and these concerns have grown considerably in many people's minds.”