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...week saw Democratic congressman Silvestre Reyes read into the record a secret memo he'd sent Republican chairman Porter Goss and ranking Democrat Jane Harman last February - more than a month before the war. Reyes, who through an aide declined to comment, raised concern in the memo that the panel might have either been misled or kept in the dark by intelligence agency witnesses who had suddenly begun touting Iraq-al Qaeda links - like those cited by Secretary of State Colin Powell in his UN Security Council presentation, shortly before Reyes sent the memo - after a year of closed-door...
...Some Democrats grouse privately that Goss, a former CIA clandestine services officer, may be slowing down the inquiry to curry favor with the White House, in the hope of being tapped as Bush's new CIA director if George Tenet moves on. In an interview, Goss insisted his panel is "doing a very dilligent job" on the Iraq intelligence - and bristled at the suggestion he was holding back in hopes of becoming CIA director, saying that is not "a career objective" and adding that "nobody's ever asked me who's in a position to give me the job." Goss...
...with the end of the 2003 congressional session drawing near, even some Republicans - including Rep. Doug Bereuter of Nebraska, who a source said complained in last week's closed hearing - are privately unhappy with the progress of the panel's Iraq intelligence review. Through an aide, Bereuter would say only that he had complained about the idea that Kay might report to Senate intelligence and not the House panel this week...
...TIME.comix: I'd like to ask about your evolution as an artist. In "The Spirit" days, though the work was radical for its time, you were using the conventional mechanics of comics: clearly defined panels, polished, inked drawings and full color. In the latter part of your career, including "Fagin the Jew," you have moved away from panel borders and into a sketchier drawing technique with just a brown wash for color. What's behind your change in style...
...time to back down from the war on terror, a panel of conservatives told an audience of 150 students in the Science Center last night...