For now, the administration awaits the F.B.I. investigation and updated intelligence reports.
A spokesman for Mr. Cheney declined to say whether Mr. Cheney had asked for the updated intelligence on the mobile labs question.
We will also be providing a letter to UN Secretary General Ban, calling the UN's attention to our updated intelligence assessment and specific incidents of alleged chemical weapons use.
At the hearing on Wednesday, the officials sidestepped questions about whether the updated intelligence report, which the White House plans to keep classified, reversed that judgment about a decision by Iran.
Today's 23-page document updated intelligence findings that Britain made public Oct. 4 to try to allay doubts, particularly in the Arab world, that Mr. bin Laden had been involved.
Dr. ElBaradei made clear that while the inspection process would continue to need updated intelligence, particularly satellite photography, inspectors could not be passive recipients of information and that something akin to police work was required to reach conclusions.
In announcing the approval of the new rules last month, Attorney General John Ashcroft said that additional monitoring of visa holders once they arrive in the United States was necessary to take into account constantly updated intelligence about the activities of terrorist organizations.
It might one day look, in retrospect, like a form of social automation: continuously updating intelligence assessments converted into real-world effect by volunteer foot "soldiers" acting without orders.
Another important Republican, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, supports "updating" the intelligence surveillance act to fit better with the contemporary digital communications that the security agency intercepts, said Jamal D. Ware, a spokesman for Mr. Hoekstra.
They also can send the vehicle over-the-air updates and intelligence in real time.
