Democrats forced the Senate into a rare closed-door session yesterday, infuriating Republicans but extracting from them a promise to speed up an inquiry into the Bush administration`s handling of intelligence about Iraq`s weapons in the run-up to the war.
With no warning in the mid-afternoon, the Senate`s top Democrat invoked the little-used Rule 21, which forced aides to turn off the chamber`s cameras and close its massive doors after evicting all visitors, reporters and most staffers. Plans to bring in electronic-bug-sniffing dogs were dropped when it became clear that senators would trade barbs but discuss no classified information.
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