Sen. Pat Roberts has been accused of being in the pocket of the Bush Administration when it comes to intelligence issues. Thursday, the Kansas Republican asserted his independence.The New York Times reports: _The Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee lashed out at the White House on Thursday, criticizing attempts by the Bush administration to keep secret parts of a report on the role Iraqi exiles played in building the case for war against Iraq.__The chairman, Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, said his committee had completed the first two parts of its investigation of prewar intelligence. But he chastised the White House for efforts to classify most of the part that examines intelligence provided to the Bush administration by the Iraqi National Congress, an exile group.__”I have been disappointed by this administration’s unwillingness to declassify material contained in these reports, material which I believe better informs the public, but that does not – I repeat, does not – jeopardize intelligence operations, sources and methods,” Mr. Roberts said in a statement issued Thursday.__One completed section of the Senate report is said to be a harsh critique of how information from the Iraqi exile group made its way into intelligence community reports, said people who have read the report but spoke on condition of anonymity because it is still classified._On a separate but related front, Roberts joined Sen. Ted Kennedy in calling for a massive reassessment of the progress of the war in Iraq.The Washington Post reports: “Also yesterday, the Senate intelligence committee requested a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. ‘It’s clear that current sectarian violence and increased militia attacks are endangering efforts to achieve stability in Iraq,’ Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said in a statement.”Nearly four years ago, the committee received an estimate that contended that Iraq had biological and chemical weapons in addition to an active nuclear weapons program.”How to contact As always, you can find information to contact members of the Kansas congressional delegation here.