Mark Warner: “I am opposed to the principle of having a commission at this time examine the subject, but on its face it reads: There…”

“I am opposed to the principle of having a commission at this time examine the subject, but on its face it reads: There is established a National Commission on Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq. Iraq is but one piece of a matrix of nations in that region of the world. You cannot focus on just the narrow Iraq situation without Iran, without looking at the other areas of the world which are being affected by this spread of terrorism. I say to my good friend, his intentions may well have been the best, but personally I think it is inappropriate and ill-advised at this time to usurp in many respects the responsibility of the Congress, certainly not in a way in which you just look at one small area of intelligence unrelated to the broad picture throughout that region.”