Posted by caraher on January 18, 2006, at 10:30:33
In reply to could this be true?, posted by zeugma on January 17, 2006, at 20:07:19
It certainly could be true!
The British government has charged officials with violating the Official Secrets act. From
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1682258,00.html"David Keogh, a Cabinet Office employee, is charged with leaking information damaging to international relations to Leo O'Connor, researcher to Tony Clarke, former MP for Northampton South. The two are due to appear in court tomorrow for committal hearings."
What kind of case could they possibly mount if the document did not exist, and did not record substantially what news reports say Bush said?
The original Mirror story did say the memo included details concerning troop movements, which I suppose would provide justification for classifying its contents as top secret and therefore criminalizing its dissemination. But there's nothing to stop Blair from releasing a copy of the memo with possibly sensitive military information redacted if indeed the claims about Bush are baseless.
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