Durbin kept silent on prewar knowledge: "A congressional official familiar with the information about Iraq that was provided to the intelligence committee in 2002 said it did not differ from what the administration was saying publicly about the need to go to war in Iraq.
����'If [Mr. Durbin] thinks the president of the United States is lying to the American public about the war, he's wrong,' the official said.
����The official added that if Mr. Durbin felt so strongly that the administration was misleading the public, 'he should've done something about it.'
����But a spokesman for Mr. Durbin said the senator did publicly voice general, nonspecific concerns about the administration's promotion of the need for military intervention in Iraq prior to the war.
����He added Mr. Durbin could have faced criminal charges if he had publicly revealed specific intelligence details before the Iraq war...."
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