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From: Suma	4/28/2005 1:50:18 PM
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Who lies the most... That's the pivotal question... I don't think TRUTH exists anymore. ANYWHERE. Tony Blair a 'serial liar' over the war in Iraq 29apr05 TONY Blair's credibility has been blown apart by the bombshell leak of the Attorney-General's top-secret legal advice on invading Iraq. It revealed that the Prime Minister persistently lied to Parliament and the public about the legal basis for the war. For two years Mr Blair has refused to publish the advice, citing confidentiality, while insisting the Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith was "unequivocal" that the war was lawful. The sensational leak to a TV news station reveals the true reason for its suppression - it was full of warnings that the invasion could be illegal. It means the PM has not told the truth on the pivotal question: Was the war legal? The revelation came minutes after Mr Blair declared on TV: "I have never told a lie." Lord Goldsmith's advice, handed to the PM personally on March 7, 2003 and never shown to the Cabinet, was so guarded and equivocal it would have made an invasion impossible to justify to Parliament. Yet just 10 days later, under pressure from Downing Street, the Attorney-General published new advice stripped of all the caveats. p>It was on this "doctored" advice that Mr Blair sent British troops to war. Lord Goldsmith said the leaked document was genuine. But he insisted it "stands up the case the Government has been making all along". In his judgment, the war was lawful, and that was what he had said to Government, the Cabinet and in public at the time. With polling day only a week away, the disclosure threatens to derail Labour's entire strategy for the election. Mr Blair denied the Goldsmith document was "a smoking gun" but both the Conservatives and Lib-Dems continued to pressure him about misleading Parliament and the nation. Experts said Mr Blair'sfailure to show the Attorney-General's initial advice to his Cabinet was a clear breach of the ministerial code and leaves him politically isolated. He cannot now shelter behind collective responsibility. Shadow attorney-general Dominic Grieve said Mr Blair had been guilty of a "gross deception" on Parliament and the public.

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