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New Statesman: Secret Iraq Dossier Published
Secret Iraq Dossier Published

The government has been forced to publish the secret first draft of the Iraq WMD dossier written by a Foreign Office spin doctor

By Chris Ames

Read the draft here

18/02/08 "New Statesman" -- - The secret first draft of the Iraq WMD dossier written by Foreign Office spin doctor John Williams has finally been published after a ruling back in January under the Freedom of Information Act.

The document contains an early version of the executive summary of the next draft, which was attributed to Intelligence chief John Scarlett. The document places a spin doctor at the heart of the process of drafting the dossier and blows a hole in the government’s evidence to the Hutton Inquiry.

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The involvement of spin doctors in drafting the summary process suggests that they led the sexing up of the dossier.

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19375.htm
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