No doubt as frustrated as anyone by the lack of attention the Downing Street Memos have received in the USA, Michael Smith, the Sunday Times journalist who leaked the memos, has a new article in the LA Times spelling out exactly why the memos are important:
The way in which the intelligence was 'fixed' to justify war is old news.The article also reveals that the memos came from two different sources, and that Smith obtained the first batch in October last year, when he says he was still "a staunch supporter of the decision to oust Saddam Hussein".
The real news is the shady April 2002 deal to go to war, the cynical use of the U.N. to provide an excuse, and the secret, illegal air war without the backing of Congress.
Pity he didn't release them just before the US election in November. Who knows, they might even have gotten some coverage!
Story here: The Real News in the Downing Street Memos.
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