Secrecy News for 04/22/05: "Tensions within the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) over how to address the continuing controversy regarding CIA prisoner detention and interrogation policies became manifest this week as the Committee leaders brought their dispute to the Senate floor.

Their contrasting views reflect fundamentally distinct conceptions of the role of intelligence oversight. SSCI Vice Chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) filed a 'sense of the Senate' amendment stating that the SSCI 'should conduct an investigation into ... all matters relating to the ... detention, interrogation, or rendition of prisoners for intelligence purposes.'"

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In response to the Rockefeller amendment, Sen. Roberts then filed his own amendment. "My amendment actually expresses support for our Armed Forces and intelligence officers, rather than calling into question their actions, while they are on the front lines in the war on terror," Sen. Roberts said.

(Via Secrecy News.)