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ntluser · 29-01-2004, 21:52

The Hutton Report was a whitewash for the government. The narrow brief at the outset meant that Hutton would never get near the truth.

The fascinating thing for me was the confirmation by British Intelligence that the 45 minute warning in the dossier was a legitimate piece of evidence from them.

One has to ask, given that no weapons of mass destruction have been found, how British intelligence could have drawn that conclusion.

I suspect that they were using old information from the archives and assumed that Saddam still had the weapons revealed in the 1991 conflict.

In effect we went to war because the information on which the dossier was based was 12 years out of date.

Blair repeatedly stated that Sadaam definitely had weapons of mass destruction. He also stated that they could not reveal too much information as it would give away their agents in the field. If that's the case how is it that when the conflict was over the agents could not point to the location of the weapons?

Personally,I feel sorry for Greg Dyke and the BBC Chairman that they have been scapegoated so that the government could appear to be 'whiter than white' Even though they did not get everything right they had reported the fundamental truth that the dossier was 'sexed up'.

If it wasn't why hasn't the Head of British Intelligence been asked to resign as the country went to war on the basis of his/her department's faulty evidence. The answer,I believe, is that Blair and Bush needed an excuse to invade Iraq and the faulty dossier allowed them to do that.

I feel very sorry for the family of David Kelly who must feel that the Hutton Enquiry has sold them down the river.

Blair may have escaped from Hutton but he won't escape from the voters.

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ntluser Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 79 Services: Virgin Media XL Telephone,TV with Tivo box & Superhub3 upto 150Mb Broadband, Sky World, & Freeview+ Posts: 1,901	Re: Hutton Report: Dyke Quits The Hutton Report was a whitewash for the government. The narrow brief at the outset meant that Hutton would never get near the truth. The fascinating thing for me was the confirmation by British Intelligence that the 45 minute warning in the dossier was a legitimate piece of evidence from them. One has to ask, given that no weapons of mass destruction have been found, how British intelligence could have drawn that conclusion. I suspect that they were using old information from the archives and assumed that Saddam still had the weapons revealed in the 1991 conflict. In effect we went to war because the information on which the dossier was based was 12 years out of date. Blair repeatedly stated that Sadaam definitely had weapons of mass destruction. He also stated that they could not reveal too much information as it would give away their agents in the field. If that's the case how is it that when the conflict was over the agents could not point to the location of the weapons? Personally,I feel sorry for Greg Dyke and the BBC Chairman that they have been scapegoated so that the government could appear to be 'whiter than white' Even though they did not get everything right they had reported the fundamental truth that the dossier was 'sexed up'. If it wasn't why hasn't the Head of British Intelligence been asked to resign as the country went to war on the basis of his/her department's faulty evidence. The answer,I believe, is that Blair and Bush needed an excuse to invade Iraq and the faulty dossier allowed them to do that. I feel very sorry for the family of David Kelly who must feel that the Hutton Enquiry has sold them down the river. Blair may have escaped from Hutton but he won't escape from the voters.