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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: T L Comiskey who wrote (25966)8/21/2003 1:37:59 PM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 89467
 
<<...Broucher said Kelly, who was the source for a BBC reporter's accusations that Blair's government "sexed up" a dossier making the case for war, believed British intelligence services had come under pressure to produce compelling evidence.

"He said there had been a lot of pressure to make the dossier as robust as possible, that every judgment (in the dossier) had been robustly fought over," he said.

The most dramatic section of the September dossier said Saddam had chemical and biological weapons that could be unleashed within 45 minutes.

But Broucher said Kelly, a microbiologist and biological weapons specialist, appeared unconvinced.

"He felt if the Iraqis had any bio-weapons left they would not have very much," he told the inquiry.

Broucher also said Kelly told him the deadly poisons "would be kept separately from the munitions and that this meant that the weapons could not be used quickly."...>>

Hmmm...interesting...I wish 'this deepthroat from Britain' had learned lessons from WaterGate and operated very quietly and behind the scenes. There are some folks in VERY POWERFUL positions in the U.S. and Britain that never want the truth to be revealed. Ken Lay has his secrets...George Bush has his too.