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[Iraq Inquiry Digest] Turnbull and the trap » Iraq Inquiry Digest: But the government has on occasions tried to have it both ways, claiming that the earlier advice also backed the war. Turnbull similarly wanted to have it both ways, claiming that, although the ministerial code required the full version of legal advice to be shown to ministers, legal advice with caveats was traditionally not presented to the Cabinet.

[Suite101: Politics & Society Articles] The Iraq War Inquiry: A Guide to the 2009/2010 British ...: Early on in the Inquiry, questions were asked about the development of the United Kingdom's policy towards Iraq from 2001 to 2003, as well as the relations between the UK and America. There has also been a lot of focus on the intelligence which suggested Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator, was in possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), which was one of the reasons cited for the invasion.

[Iraq Inquiry Digest] This afternoon's hearing » Iraq Inquiry Digest: Turnbull has confirmed that the Cabinet was not shown the attorney general’s full, equivocal advice on the legality of war, although he has said that this was not necessary, as it was equivocal and not definitive.

[Tony Blair] Iraq Inquiry: 21st day of public hearings with Alastair Campbell ...: “The only other thing I would say is that I think it is ”” ultimately, you can have ”” there is a point I have sort of made: you can have all the advisers you want, whether it is people like me or it is the diplomats and the military and in the end, but ultimately the guys who are elected, at the top, they do finally have to make decisions, and I hope that, as a result of the totally understandable remaining divisions and difficulties over the policy on Iraq, that we don’t put a future generation of leaders in a position where the really, really, really difficult decisions can’t be taken.”

[Liberal Conspiracy] Liberal Conspiracy » Watch: Alistair Campbell at Iraq Inquiry: Watch: Alistair Campbell at Iraq Inquiry. by Newswire January 12, 2010 at 5:39 pm. Post to del.icio.us. · About the author: ... It's not class war, Dave, it's just character building”¦ » How can we still push electoral reform? ...

[Spectator Live] The Iraq Inquiry should call Gordon Brown now | The Spectator: Choose Iraq, Choose hypocrital left wing politicians lining their pockets, Choose Spin, Choose a PM who never answers a straight question, Choose Class War, Choose ending up having to nationalise the banks, Choose 10p tax scam, Choose pension raids, Choose people in authority that take no responsibility, Choose staged global summits for political purpose, Choose govt budgets and civil servants wasting time on Labour party campaign, Choose whitewash inquiries, Choose zero transparency, Choose people who see misleading the public as a good thing if it helps your political targets, Choose misrepresenting opponent's viewpoints rather than having a mature debate, Choose a leader whose own party hate him, Choose stewards on economy that did not prevent this mess, blamed it on everyone else and lie about how to fix it, Choose reactive policy making, Choose Peter Mandelson, Choose Ed Balls, Choose Alastair Campbell, Choose a party that breaks manifesto promises then criticises opposition for having to change their policy when it is too late to do practically anything about it, Choose to cut helicopter budgets, Choose being misled to war then your friend's brother dying there, Choose personal smears, Choose a moral compass

[VIC DALBERT] VIC DALBERT » Blog Archive » WE NEED IRAQ ANSWERS BEFORE ELECTION: In fact it is clear to me that if we are to draw a line under the Iraq war controversy at the next election it is essential that he deals with his now. A failure to do so would lead to speculation that there is indeed something to hide and that the Iraq Enquiry has been politically influenced by showing alleged favouritism to the PM.

[Ephems of BLB » Ephems] Ephems of BLB » Blog Archive » Alastair Campbell at the Chilcot ...: Of course it’s possible that in Mr Campbell’s secret talks the French took an irrevocably negative position, totally different from that defined by their President publicly on 10 March, indeed so negative as to justify Washington and London in embarking on a ferocious military attack on and invasion of Iraq without a vestige of authority from the Security Council as required under international law.  But that seems, on the face of it, rather unlikely.  And if the position of France was that defined in the Chirac television interview, Mr Campbell really ought to stop using France as an excuse for an action that was unwarranted, illegal, in breach of our Charter obligations, unnecessary, premature, opposed by much of the world including some of our closest allies and partners — and without question not the last resort.

[The British National Party] The British National Party ”” Blog ”” Official Dutch Inquiry ...: Other key advisers on Iraq included his foreign policy adviser Sir David Manning, his chief of staff Jonathan Powell, chief of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee Sir John Scarlett, foreign secretary Jack Straw and defence secretary Geoff Hoon.

[News] Iraq inquiry: Alastair Campbell sets himself up for a fall ...: Reading some comments, it would appear Mr Cambell is not convincing the public he is telling the truth, it appears to me these enquiries are carried out with the express intention of ensuring no blame is laid at the feet of any of the perpetrators of the rush to insanity which invading Iraq has proven to be, I also wonder if there is any truth in the story circulating, that supporters of Mr Blair are selling tickets for his forthcoming appearance, the price quoted apparently is £10,000 per ticket, this seems a rather paltry sum for the opportunity to witness a silvertongued saint tying up a genteel committee in obfuscation and untruths, no doubt that shiny halo will blind them to a man.

[standard.co.uk - Paul Waugh] Paul Waugh | Blogs | Evening Standard: "Emigre groups had the ear of people in the Pentagon, who said once you decapitate the regime, it will not be difficult to create a functioning Iraqi society and we were overconfident in that. We didn't foresee that we would be in the midst of extreme security problems"

[Muxlim Blog Posts] Jonathan Freedland: 'Iraq has poisoned our faith in politics' by ...: Muxlim is the world's largest Muslim lifestyle network reaching tens of millions of people from over 190 countries.

[Harpymarx] Alastair Campbell and the Iraq war inquiry « Harpymarx: HarpyMarx: Alastair Campbell being 'grilled' live at the Iraq Inquiry http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2010/jan/12/iraq-war-inquiry-alastaircampbell January 12, 2010. HarpyMarx: Alastair Campbell being 'grilled' live at the Iraq ...

[BBC NEWS | Talk about Newsnight] BBC - Newsnight: From the web team: Tuesday 12 January 2010 - the ...: Campbell was asked to justify the assertion, made by Blair to Parliament, that the threat from Sadam was 'GROWING'. Alastair Campbell explained that Tony was in receipt of more and more intelligence that caused him (Tony - one individual) GROWING concern.

[Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - Iraq Says Raid Uncovered a Plot to Bomb Ministries ...: LONDON, Jan 12 British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought a diplomatic solution to fears over Iraq s weapons programme until just before the US-led invasion in 2003, his former communications chief said on Tuesday. Appearing before a public inquiry into the Iraq war, Alastair Campbell said there never was a precipitate rush to war despite the close ties between Blair and US President George W …

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