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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 08:43 AM Jul 2013

Britain's Former Top Spy Threatens To Expose Secrets Of Iraq 'Dodgy Dossier'

http://www.businessinsider.com/top-spy-threatens-to-iraq-war-secrets-2013-7



A former head of MI6 has threatened to expose the secrets of the ‘dodgy dossier’ if he disagrees with the long-awaited findings of the Chilcot Inquiry into the UK’s role in the Iraq War.

Sir Richard Dearlove, 68, has spent the last year writing a detailed account of events leading up to the war, and had intended to only make his work available to historians after his death.

But now Sir Richard, who provided intelligence about Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) that was apparently 'sexed up' by Tony Blair's government, has revealed that he could go public after the Chilcot Inquiry publishes its findings.

Sir Richard is expected to be criticised by the inquiry's chairman, Sir John Chilcot, over the accuracy of intelligence provided by MI6 agents inside Iraq, which was used in the so-called 'dodgy dossier'.



Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10193204/Former-head-of-MI6-threatens-to-expose-secrets-of-Iraq-dodgy-dossier.html#ixzz2ZgRGU8gv
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Britain's Former Top Spy Threatens To Expose Secrets Of Iraq 'Dodgy Dossier' (Original Post) xchrom Jul 2013 OP
I see a small plane accident in his future. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #1
! xchrom Jul 2013 #3
I hope he wrote his will malaise Jul 2013 #2
'...revealed that he could go public.' So just do it already leftstreet Jul 2013 #4

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
1. I see a small plane accident in his future.
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 12:02 PM
Jul 2013

One should never "threaten" to expose governments...
one should DO it, and THEN talk about it.

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