11/07/2013

Row over publication of conversations between Gordon Brown and Bush stalls Iraq Inquiry

Yo, Brownie. I'm ready for yer kiss.
Row over publication of private conversations between Gordon Brown and George W Bush stalls Iraq War inquiry - Telegraph
"The wrangle between the inquiry and Sir Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet secretary – which has been going on for five months – means that the inquiry’s progress has now stalled indefinitely.
The news is embarrassing for Mr Brown, who set up the inquiry into the war under Sir John Chilcot, a former civil servant, when he was Prime Minister in June 2009.
The Cabinet Office is resisting requests to make public “more than 130 records of conversations” between either Mr Brown or Tony Blair, his predecessor, and Mr Bush, the former US president, Sir John said in a letter dated November 4 on the inquiry's website "

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