Archive for 'Secretariat' Category
More info on the Secretariat
by Chris Ames
In response to a parliamentary question from Dai Davies MP, Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell has given some more details about what the four most senior civil service secondees to the Inquiry were doing from 2001-2003:
Of the 17 civil servants seconded or attached to the Iraq Inquiry Secretariat from Government Departments, 13 were [...]
Tribune reveals secretariat SFO secondment
by Andrew Mason
Writing online for Tribune Magazine, its web editor David Hencke reveals another interesting fact about the secretive make-up of the Inquiry’s secretariat:
And to ensure journalists cannot pursue this decision, Gordon Brown has exempted the inquiry from the Freedom of Information Act on the grounds it is not a public body.
The official explanation is [...]
Secrecy suggests a political fix
by Chris Lamb
Having had close quarter dealings with the Cabinet Office during my various appeals over disclosure of disputed Cabinet meeting minutes for 13 and 17 March 2003, I was not a little concerned in reading during July of the scale of Cabinet Office officials’ roles in the Secretariat servicing and administering the Iraq Inquiry.
In [...]
He means Margaret Aldred
by Chris Ames
Carne Ross’ main argument in his Observer piece seems to be that the people that Gordon Brown has asked to conduct the Inquiry are almost predestined to come up with a particular set of conclusions.
In the first place, he questions the appointment of Sir John Chilcot, who was part of the Butler Inquiry:
That [...]