In "The Reasons Behind a White House Rebuke" appearing in the
Washington Post of  24-06-02  Walter Pincus analyzes White House
and Joint Committee reaction to the "leak" of the text of  NSA intercepts
of Al Qaeda.   A few points:  1) The texts released were in English,
not in Arabic, so the actual phrases used remain unspecified
2) Having the FBI investigate the Joint Committee is a role reversal,
which would seem  useful for those wishing to  impede Congressional investigation of the contradictory polygraphs in the Edmonds case
3) At the same time it would be highly impolitic for the Committee to appear resistent to such investigation.   All in all, effective maneuvering,
by both Cheney and Graham.  
       One hopes that the Joint Committee will
not be deterred in its probing of the FBI.