More on the 'revelatory' dossier
Make the dossier 'revelatory' - Campbell
Chris Ames
Published 09 July 2007
Alastair Campbell's diaries show the Government decided it wanted a strongly worded dossier days before they knew the view of intelligence, reports Chris Ames
Alastair Campbell told intelligence chiefs the Iraq dossier "had to be revelatory" even though Tony Blair had told him "there was really not much to say at the moment", according to his diaries. Blair was reluctant to recall Parliament and did not want the Cabinet to discuss the dossier. Campbell also thought the secret draft of the dossier by spin doctor John Williams represented a Foreign Office takeover attempt. But the diaries leave out many key events that show how heavily Williams and other spin doctors were involved in drafting the dossier and the insertion of the notorious 45 minutes claim...
http://newstatesman.com/200707090007
Chris Ames
Published 09 July 2007
Alastair Campbell's diaries show the Government decided it wanted a strongly worded dossier days before they knew the view of intelligence, reports Chris Ames
Alastair Campbell told intelligence chiefs the Iraq dossier "had to be revelatory" even though Tony Blair had told him "there was really not much to say at the moment", according to his diaries. Blair was reluctant to recall Parliament and did not want the Cabinet to discuss the dossier. Campbell also thought the secret draft of the dossier by spin doctor John Williams represented a Foreign Office takeover attempt. But the diaries leave out many key events that show how heavily Williams and other spin doctors were involved in drafting the dossier and the insertion of the notorious 45 minutes claim...
http://newstatesman.com/200707090007
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