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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBritain's Former Top Spy Threatens To Expose Secrets Of Iraq 'Dodgy Dossier'
http://www.businessinsider.com/top-spy-threatens-to-iraq-war-secrets-2013-7A 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 UKs 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
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)1. I see a small plane accident in his future.
One should never "threaten" to expose governments...
one should DO it, and THEN talk about it.
malaise
(269,024 posts)2. I hope he wrote his will
David Kelly and Robin Cook died two strange desths
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)4. '...revealed that he could go public.' So just do it already
What is with these people?