The Indiana Democrat does not want his approaches confused with isolationism.

Representative Lee H. Hamilton, the Indiana Democrat who is chairman of the 20-member committee, told reporters at a news briefing.

A task force steered by Lee Hamilton, the Indiana Democrat, came up with an exemplary report.

"There are a lot of interrelationships between their testimony," said Mr. Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat.

"We all lost," the Indiana Democrat said.

Representative Lee Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat who is a former chairman of the House intelligence committee, agrees with this assessment.

Representative Lee H. Hamilton, the Indiana Democrat who led the committee, said he expected the package to get stronger before it is finally passed.

Mr. Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat, was amused but unmoved.

But that argument is a myth, said Representative Andrew Jacobs, an Indiana Democrat.

Tim Roemer, the Indiana Democrat who sponsored the House legislation, said it called for a full intelligence inquiry.