In the United States, we are not ever going to see anything like the Chilcot Inquiry attended by the principals: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, David Addington, Scooter Libby, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers, Paul Wolfowitz, Doug Feith, John Bolton, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice, Karl Rove, Stephen Hadley, George Tenet. Only the […]
The Chilcot inquiry has already exposed the folly of the invasion the Independent 31 July 2010 The Chilcot inquiry has heard some damning testimony this summer. Last week the former head of MI5, Baroness Mannigham-Buller, told the panel that the 2003 invasion of Iraq "radicalised" young Muslims in the UK and heightened the domestic terror […]
Lord Prescott admits intelligence doubts prior to Iraq war guardian.co.uk by Hélène Mulholland 30 July 2010 Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, the former deputy prime minister dismissed some intelligence about the Iraq threat as "tittle-tattle", said the former attorney general was "not a happy bunny" in the run-up to war and acknowledged that it […]
I thought I was relieved of my Chilcot Inquiry obsession, at least for a time. The only remaining witness was the Right Honorable The Lord Prescott, Tony Blair’s Deputy Prime Minister who I thought would be something of a Blair apologist and not add much. He was that, though his framing of Blair’s dilemma was […]
Sir John Chilcot, moderator of the Iraq Inquiry, never tires of reminding us that the point of his hearings is "lessons learned" – what can we take from this dance of human-kind’s foibles that might be useful in the future? At times, his repetition is tedious, sounding like he wants us to "make nice" when […]
The revelation has been in the detail The Independent 29 July 2010 Tomorrow, the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s decision to go to war on Iraq will have sat for a whole year. It has been a suprisingly worthwhile exercise, bringing to full public view a depressing picture of the way the country was led to […]
“Dr. Nemeroff is so compromised by now that he has lost effectiveness as a front man for Pharma. Indeed, he is so toxic that he now glows in the dark.” -Bernard Carroll Time extended for NIH conflict-of-interest rules Nature July 26, 2010 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has decided to give the public another […]
There’s an opinion piece in the Guardian written by an Iraqi living in England [Chilcot inquiry: too late, Hans Blix: too late] that faults Hans Blix, "Back then, he minced his words, providing enough ambiguity for Tony Blair and Jack Straw to push on with their plans to drag Britain into the US-led war." Who […]
Well, the Washington Post did carry the AP Wire Story. I only located it by searching the site. It wasn’t on the front page. But look at the title! UN’s Blix: UK, US relied on dubious intelligence The Associated Press Washington Post By DAVID STRINGER July 27, 2010 LONDON – The United Nations inspector who […]
Diplomat Harsh on Leaders In Testimony for Iraq Inquiry New York Times By JOHN F. BURNS July 27, 2010 LONDON — In the years Hans Blix has spent relating his struggle to deter the United States and Britain from going to war in Iraq, he has rarely spoken with the disdain for President George W. […]