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WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., made the following remarks:

With the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Administration statements on Iraq intelligence, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), a member of the Committee, released the following statement:

"This report again demonstrates how President Bush, Vice President Cheney and others made repeated assertions about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein that were not supported by, and at times outright contradicted, the intelligence available at the time. The administration made the case for war in Iraq by convincing the American people that Saddam Hussein had, or was on the verge of obtaining, a nuclear weapon and that he had a relationship with al Qaeda and would provide it with weapons of mass destruction to attack the United States. The administration used the 9/11 attacks to justify a war that has not only been waged in a country that had no connection to the attacks, but has seriously damaged our ability to fight al Qaeda. Sadly, after years of misconduct, these findings come as no surprise. This country is more than ready for a new administration that will be truthful with the American people."

Senator Feingold's additional views included in the report can be viewed here: http://feingold.senate.gov/pdf/views_intel_060508.pdf.