Irony or Hypocrisy?

Tony Blair's headline-grabbing claim that Iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes of an order to do so was based on hearsay information, the Guardian reports:

"In fact, the foundation for the government's claim was... a single anonymous uncorroborated source quoting another single anonymous uncorroborated source...

"The irony is that the government launched a furious attack on the BBC for broadcasting allegations that the (Iraq) dossier was "sexed up" based on a single, anonymous, uncorroborated source (Dr Kelly)."