The once-hotly anticipated Phase II report, now a punchline, is finally on its way. And, well. From The Los Angeles Times:

After an acrimonious investigation that spanned four years, the Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to release a detailed critique of the Bush administration's claims in the buildup to war with Iraq, congressional officials said.

The long-delayed document catalogs dozens of prewar assertions by President Bush and other administration officials that proved to be wildly inaccurate about Iraq's alleged stockpiles of banned weapons and pursuit of nuclear arms.

But officials say the report reaches a mixed verdict on the key question of whether the White House misused intelligence to make the case for war.

I can't wait to read it. It's pretty clear that Sen. Pat Roberts' (R-KS) years of stonewalling, together with Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller's (D-WV) slow-rolling, has produced a report that no one will want to read at a time when no one will care to read it.

Luckily the Center for Public Integrity and Fund for Independence in Journalism have already done the job.