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http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/521glhiv.asp?pg=2
Did Saddam Hussein destroy stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in February 2003, as an internal Iraqi Intelligence document captured by the U.S. military seems to suggest? What happened at the "Secret Meeting Between Taliban Representative and Iraqi Government" in November 2000? Were France and Russia actually providing satellite images to the former Iraqi regime on the eve of war?

If Rep. Pete Hoekstra has his way, we may finally begin to get answers to these questions and others. Hoekstra, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, like our colleague Stephen F. Hayes, is pushing the Bush administration and the intelligence community to release documents captured in postwar Iraq. Writing last week in the Washington Times, Hoekstra demanded access to this "vast array of foreign papers, documents, electronic media and other materials." Hoekstra continued: "These documents, stored in more than 35,000 boxes in a warehouse in the Persian Gulf, could constitute a treasure trove of intelligence related to Saddam Hussein and actions taken by his regime prior to the war in Iraq. Despite the possibility that these documents may contain critical information, a vast and untold amount dating back to Operation Desert Storm in 1991 still remains untranslated."

Hoekstra, along with Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, called on Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte to declassify and release all of the documents. They further recommended creating an international commission of experts and academics to study the documents. The proposal is also being pressed by Senator Rick Santorum and Rep. Dana Rorhabacher.

Negroponte, The Scrapbook has learned, is not enthusiastic about this idea. His boss, George W. Bush, should be. ?
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