UK diplomat: ‘Deep state’ bureaucracy blocking Iraq inquiry

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UK diplomat: ‘Deep state’ bureaucracy blocking Iraq inquiry

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0725/deep-state-bureaucrats-blocking-iraq-inquiry/

By Daniel Tencer
Sunday, July 25th, 2010 -- 2:43 pm

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Britain's public inquiry into the country's instrumental role in the Iraq invasion is being thwarted by "deep state" bureaucrats who are intimidating witnesses and withholding documents, says a former Iraq expert for the UK government.

In a column in the Sunday Observer, Carne Ross asserted that he was cajoled by government operatives to not mention certain documents that suggest the British government lied to lawmakers about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. He also said he had heard "from secondary sources" that other witnesses were similarly intimidated.