http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org Everything about the Chilcot Inquiry in one place Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Andrew Mason I think this is probably worth posting in full here, if only to correct the already evident misapprehension that the Inquiry will not be taking any evidence from foreign nationals. In actual fact the statement notes that: "...we will be holding a number of meetings and seminars with ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7351 by Chris Ames I've just posted this piece on Comment is free. The Iraq inquiry seems to have saved the best till last. At the last session of its second phase, the Chilcot panel used former foreign secretary Jack Straw’s appearance as little more than a canvas on which to paint a ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7347 From the Telegraph: Iraq inquiry: Secret Government documents could contradict public evidence Tens of thousands of secret documents could contradict evidence given by key members of the Blair government to the Iraq inquiry, its chairman Sir John Chilcott has suggested. Sir John said the documents would form the core of the inquiry into ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7342 This afternoon’s witness is Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001-06, speaking from 14.00 to 17.00. The Guardian's Andrew Sparrow is also blogging live. 17.41 The session ends with applause - presumably for Chilcot. 17.36 Statement from Chilcot. Almost at end of first phase. Setting out current position. ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7262 by Chris Ames The BBC reports that Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw gave some incorrect answers to the UK's Iraq war inquiry, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said. Mr Blix told the BBC he was "puzzled" by some of the evidence that Mr Straw gave to the panel. He said that ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7252 by Chris Ames With Jack Straw at the Inquiry tomorrow, the Guardian reports that the Liberal Democrats have accused him of misleading parliament and breaching the ministerial code over his handling of the legal advice about the war in 2003. Since Straw's previous testimony, the Iraq inquiry has heard that a week ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7247 by Chris Ames Following Brian Jones' recommendation, I have had a close look at Robin Cook's "The Point of Departure" memoir. It is part contemporaneous diary and part reflection after Cook's resignation on the eve of war. One particular point stood out and resonated strongly with what Lord (formerly Sir Andrew) ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7240 by Andrew Mason Ex-Downing Street communications chief Alastair Campbell has emotionally denied Tony Blair misled MPs over the intelligence ahead of the Iraq war. Mr Campbell had to take a moment to compose himself after being asked the question on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7236 by Chris Ames The Observer reports that Philippe Sands QC has urged former attorney general Lord Goldsmith "to clear up the discrepancy between what he told the Butler review and what he told the Chilcot inquiry". Sands says that an unreleased transcript shows that Goldsmith told the 2004 Butler review that ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7232 (or as an alternate title - 'Some things we can't quite put our fingers on') by Andrew Mason A few days ago Digest contributor Dr Brian Jones wrote here about the late former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook's diary entries, as contained in his book "The Point of Departure". These contemporary notes are ... http://www.iraqinquirydigest.org/?p=7212