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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Watchdog Rejects No 10's Plea to Keep 'Sexed Up' WMD Dossier Secret

Ministers may have to release more details about the 'sexed up' dossier which made the case for invading Iraq.
Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has rejected the Government's argument that publishing comments made about drafts of the dossier could jeopardise national security.
The Hutton inquiry into the death of scientist Dr David Kelly heard how former No 10 spin chief Alastair Campbell put forward 11 changes to the document on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

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