The issue focused on allegations that journalists might have manipulated intelligence reports by quoting unnamed sources from leaked CIA documents and incorrectly labeling Iraq as having chemical weapons when there were none. In addition, Bush issued executive orders permitting CIA directors to withhold classified information from lawmakers if their inquiry resulted in damaging revelations about CIA activities. The controversy erupted because Bush reportedly demanded intelligence briefings after visiting Jordan's chemical weapons labs on January 27 and reportedly questioned chemical weapons researcher Glen Klutzker when Klutzker testified before Congress that chemical weapons experts told him chemical