Friday, February 06, 2004
Does anyone have an MP that's on the Butler Commission in to the mis-use of intelligence in the lead up to the British involvement in the invasion of Iraq? You might want to forward them this article which suggests that, even if you accept that Dubya was genuinely misled by 'bad intelligence' to believe that there were WMD in Iraq (as opposed to being misled by 'bad intelligence' from Rummy and the 'Project for a New American Empire that Shall Last for a Thousand Years!' cabal), that the British Government were prepared to deliberately plant misleading stories and distort intelligence about the terror capability of the Iraqi regime. Keyword: Rockingham. Tie that in to the Jonathan Powell "what will be the headline in the [Evening] Standard on the day of publication?" comment and it looks very interesting indeed. Everything leads back to Jonny and Ali C.
