Bush to name McCain to intel panel

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- President Bush is expected to name Sen. John McCain to a panel investigating U.S. pre-Iraq war intelligence activities, two senators confirmed Thursday.

Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. and Evan Bayh, D-Ind., appearing on the PBS program "News Hour," said McCain, R-Ariz., likely would be named by the president to the intelligence investigation commission.

The White House said the commission's findings about the intelligence community's work leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq would not be released until after the presidential elections next November.