Alastair Campbell had Iraq dossier changed to fit US claims

[babsbunny]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/10/alastair-campbell-iraq-dossier-inquiry

'WMD in a year' allegation halved original timescale after compilers told to compare contents with Bush speech

# Chris Ames and Richard Norton-Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 10 January 2010 22.57 GMT

New evidence reveals the extent to which those drafting the Iraqi arms dossier colluded with the US on Alastair Campbell's instructions. Photograph: Graham Turner

Fresh evidence has emerged that Tony Blair's discredited Iraqi arms dossier was "sexed up" on the instructions of Alastair Campbell, his communications chief, to fit with claims from the US administration that were known to be false.

The pre-invasion dossier's worst-case estimate of how long it would take Iraq to acquire a nuclear weapon was shortened in response to a George Bush speech.