Earl of Bronze

Ah, but you have overlooked that the first report cleared the government of 'sexing up' the intelligence. Now if you drop some of the quallifications that go with the intelligence, change some of the wording. Bingo, you can make any argument look good enough to convince the House to go to war.

With the latest report, Lord Butler points out that removing the 'qualifications' from the text of the JIC report, and some of the wording (possibley becomes Saddam has), then the message becomes enfatic. Someone, somewhere doctored the JIC report, gave it to the Primeminister, and lo and behold we're at war with Iraq. The fact the Lord Butler wouldnt or couldnt name names, but wimped out for a 'collective' responsibility smacks of a whitewash.

Dont forget the the Director general, and the Director of news of the BBC resigned over the findings of the original report. I sincerly doubt anyone will fall on their swords at number 10.