Downing Street Memo on tape!

Well, not exactly — but there’s an audio reinactment available!

From After Downing Street:

LISTEN TO TAPE OF THE JULY 23, 2002, DOWNING STREET MEETING…

…on an amazing 9-minute recreation thereof that uses the exact words of the “Downing Street Memo.”

This remarkable audio production conveys far more clearly than the written word what went on behind closed doors that day three years ago. The cast and credits for this production, are as follows.

Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee John Scarlett – Anonymous
Sir Richard Dearlove, the Chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) – John Rafter Lee
Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, Chief of Defence Staff – Demian Martell
Then Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon – Ed Asner
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw – Anonymous
Attorney General Lord Goldsmith – Larry Pressman
Sir David Manning, a foreign policy advisor – Brian O’Connor
Prime Minister Tony Blair – Demian Martell
Narrator – Mimi Kennedy
Recording Engineered By Michael Ja

LINK TO AUDIO AVAILABLE FOR USE ON RADIO:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/recreation.m3u

After Downing Street also has list of events and resources for “celebrating” the third anniversary of the meeting that spawned the original memo. It’s worth checking out…

We’ve had a President impeached for lying about a sexual encounter. We’ve got DSM, the Debacle in the Desert, Plamegate, Rove…how much more can this Administration get away with?

[Crossposted on Daily Kos and My Left Wing]