And Britain's Observer newspaper, quoting intelligence sources, policy makers and weapons inspectors, reports U.S. The weapons hunt to date has cost about $900 million. Some critics question why it has taken the Bush administration so long to take a second look at the Iraq intelligence. Joseph Biden, a Democrat representing Delaware, agreed, telling CNN: "America's credibility's at stake. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday on CNN, but "the credibility of who we are around the world and the trust of our government and our leaders." "The issue is not just shortcomings of U.S. Lawmakers from both parties say the intelligence flap has diluted America's credibility. "Americans are fighting and dying in Iraq because of what the administration told us about the intelligence." "We must not lose sight of the big picture," Corzine said in a statement Sunday. Jon Corzine, a Democrat from New Jersey, whose measure to set up a similar bipartisan commission to investigate prewar intelligence was defeated in the Senate last July, said any investigative panel must be able to probe the collection and analysis of intelligence as well as the use of the information, "including whether there was any misrepresentation or exaggeration of the intelligence." Bush will draw heavily from experts familiar with problems in intelligence, the White House official said, describing them as "distinguished citizens who have served their country in the past." Brent Scowcroft, who served as the national security adviser to the first President Bush, is a possible member or chairman. The senior White House official said it would be patterned after the Warren Commission, which conducted a 10-month investigation that concluded in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy.
White House sources say the commission will be announced this week and get up and running quickly, reports CBS News White House Correspondent Bill Plante.
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