Might As Well Make A Meal Of It
First Course — SOMETHING LIGHT
Prime Minister’s Officer’s Statement; May 17, 2005
Asked if there was any leak inquiry into the “extraordinary” number of secret documents leaked to Sunday newspapers during the election campaign that were later found to be genuine, such as the minute of the Crawford Texas meeting and the Attorney General’s advice the PMOS said that we took very seriously the leaking of any document and this kind of document in particular. He had not heard any explanation as to why there were so many leaks, but he had no doubt that there would be the proper inquiries made.
Asked why the Foreign Secretary was in the United States the PMOS said that he had planned to be in the US to meet with Condoleeza Rice and to give a speech. He had planned to do so before the opposition choose tomorrow as the day for the Foreign Affairs debate. As people would know doubt be aware it was the opposition that choose the order of debates and not the Government.
Prime Minister’s Officer’s Statement
Second Course — SOMETHING FISHY
Hoon has backing of Prime Minster and Cabinet
September 11, 2003
Times Online – HomeBY RICHARD COLWILL AND PA NEWS
Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, today defended his evidence to the Commons intelligence committee after it accused him of withholding information from their inquiry on Iraq.
Mr Hoon told the Commons that he had “no intention whatsoever other than to be open and straightforward” with the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) over the Iraqi dossier.
He added: “I regret any misunderstanding that might have arisen.”
The ISC said earlier today it was “disturbing” that Mr Hoon did not disclose full details of the concerns expressed by Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) about the Government’s Iraq weapons dossier.
The ISC said in its report on the Iraq affair, which was published today, that the initial failure of the Ministry of Defence to reveal details of the concerns had been “unhelpful and potentially misleading”.
Main Course — THE MEAT OF THE MATTER
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Intel
All Intel from The Hutton Report. This and all resources can be found at: EUROLEGAL
What you’re looking at is the result of a chefs conference on just how the intel should be “cooked.” They were concerned that if they followed the recipe, the intel would be overdone, cooked too much. This is the “intelligence that was being fixed to fit the policy.”
What do I think? Well, I’m wondering what we’re going to have for dessert.
