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the aluminum tubes Iraq bought were intended to 
make nuclear bombs. 
(G) The manner in which the decision was 
made to strike a building in Baghdad on the first 
day of Operation Iraqi Freedom where Saddam Hus-
sein was suspected to be hiding. 
(H) The accuracy of the pre-war assessment of 
the capabilities and threat posed by Saddam Hus-
sein’s Republican Guard. 
(I) The credibility of the intelligence regarding 
the threat of use of chemical and biological weapons 
against Coalition forces. 
(J) The effectiveness of the collection, analysis 
and dissemination to senior administration policy-
makers of significant intelligence regarding threats 
to the United States and to its allies. 
(2) The performance of the Office of the Om-
budsman in the Central Intelligence Agency in ad-
dressing potential concerns relating to the matter set 
forth in paragraph (1). 
(3) The role and the credibility of intelligence 
gathered by Iraqi opposition groups working with 
the United States before Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
(4) The degree to which intelligence about Iraqi 
weapons of mass destruction was shared with United
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Nations weapons inspectors before Operation Iraqi 
Freedom. 
(5) The role of the Office of Special Plans in 
the Department of Defense and whether it com-
plimented, competed with, or detracted from the role 
of other United States intelligence agencies respect-
ing the collection and use of intelligence relating to 
Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. 
(b) One-third of the members of the select committee 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 
other than the reporting of a matter, which shall require 
a majority of the select committee to be actually present, 
except that the select committee may designate a lesser 
number, but not less than two, as a quorum for the pur-
pose of holding hearings to take testimony. The rules of 
the House shall govern the select committee where not in-
consistent with this resolution. The select committee shall 
adopt additional written rules, which shall be public, to 
govern its procedures, which shall not be inconsistent with 
this resolution or the rules of the House. Such rules may 
govern the conduct of the depositions, interviews, and 
hearings of the select committee, including the persons 
present. 
(c) For the purpose of carrying out this resolution, 
the select committee may sit and act during the present
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Congress at any time and place within the United States 
or elsewhere, whether the House is in session, has re-
cessed, or has adjourned and hold such hearings as it con-
siders necessary and to require, by subpoena or otherwise, 
the attendance and testimony of such witnesses, the fur-
nishing of information by interrogatory, and the produc-
tion of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, 
papers, documents, calendars, recordings, data compila-
tions from which information can be obtained, tangible ob-
jects, and other things and information of any kind as it 
deems necessary, including all intelligence materials how-
ever classified, White House materials, and materials per-
taining to unvouchered expenditures or concerning com-
munications interceptions or surveillance; and to obtain 
evidence in other appropriate countries with the coopera-
tion of their governments. Unless otherwise determined by 
the select committee the chairman, upon consultation with 
the ranking minority member, or the select committee, 
shall authorize and issue subpoenas. Subpoenas shall be 
issued under the seal of the House and attested by the 
Clerk, and may be served by any persons designated by 
the chairman or any member. Provisions may be included 
in the rules and process of the select committee to prevent 
the disclosure of committee demands for information. The 
select committee may request investigations, reports, and
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other assistance from any agency of the executive, legisla-
tive, and judicial branches of the Government. 
(d) The chairman, or in his absence the vice chair-
man, or in their absence a member designated by the 
chairman, shall preside at all meetings and hearings of 
the select committee. All meetings and hearings of the 
committee shall be conducted in open session, unless a ma-
jority of members of the select committee voting, there 
being in attendance the requisite number required for the 
purpose of hearings to take testimony, vote to close a 
meeting or hearing. 
(e) The chairman (upon consultation with the rank-
ing minority member) may (1) appoint and fix the com-
pensation of any staff that the chairman considers nec-
essary and fix the compensation of such staff at per 
annum gross rates that do not exceed the highest rate of 
basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of Level IV of 
the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title V, United 
States Code, and (2) terminate the employment of any 
such staff as the chairman considers appropriate. The se-
lect committee may reimburse the members of its staff for 
travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred 
by them in the performance of the their functions for the 
select committee, other than expenses in connection with 
any meeting of the select committee held in the District
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of Columbia. Staff of the House, at the direction of their 
Members, committee chairmen, or the Speaker, as appro-
priate, and upon request of the select committee, may 
serve as associate staff to the select committee for des-
ignated purposes. Associate staff shall be deemed staff of 
the select committee to the extent necessary for those des-
ignated purposes. 
(f) Unless otherwise determined by the select com-
mittee, the chairman (upon consultation with the ranking 
minority member) or the select committee may authorize 
the taking of affidavits and of depositions pursuant to no-
tice or subpoena by a Member or by designated staff, 
under oath administered by a Member or a person other-
wise authorized by law to administer oaths. Deposition 
and affidavit testimony shall be deemed to have been 
taken in Washington, DC, before the select committee 
once filed there with the clerk of the select committee for 
its use. Unless otherwise directed by the select committee, 
all depositions, affidavits, and other materials received in 
the investigation shall be considered nonpublic until re-
ceived by the select committee, except that all such mate-
rial shall, unless otherwise directed by the select com-
mittee, be available for use by the Members of the select 
committee in open session.
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(g) The select committee shall be authorized to re-
spond to any judicial or other process, or to make any 
applications to court, consistent with rule VIII of the 
Rules of the House. 
(h) The select committee may submit to standing 
committees, including the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, specific matters within their jurisdiction, and 
may request that such committees pursue such matters 
further. Committees pursuing such requested inquiries 
may, in turn, receive the continuing assistance, consistent 
with the select committee’s own jurisdiction, of the select 
committee’s legal process, personnel, and records. Com-
mittees which pursue or have pursued inquiries, during 
the previous or current Congress, within the subjects of 
the select committee investigation shall furnish the select 
committee with copies of all testimony and documents. 
(i) The select committee shall provide other commit-
tees and Members of the House with access to information 
and proceedings, consistent with clause 11(g)(3) of rule 
X of the Rules of the House, except that the select com-
mittee may direct that particular matters or classes of 
matter shall not be made available to any person by its 
members, staff, or others, or may impose any other re-
striction. The select committee may require its staff to 
enter nondisclosure agreements, and its chairman, in con-