Every dot and comma and the 2m words of evidence between them will be forensically examined to ensure report cannot be underminedFirst,we were told it would be alert sometime in 2011, then the next year, and then the next. Now we are told the Chilcot inquiry will be completed by April,but will not be published until June or July, seven years after Gordon Brown’s announcement that it was to be set up – longer than British soldiers spent occupying Iraq, and fighting and trying to preserve the peace in an increasingly violent and sectarian civil war.
Why? The answer is that Sir John Chilcot and his three colleagues are worried that whether their criticisms of individuals,from Tony Blair downwards, are not bolted down by oral, or more importantly written,evidence, their report will be undermined. Related: Chilcot report to be published next summer after security checking Related: Chilcot report likely to cast net of criticism far and wide Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com