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June 18, 2005
Village Voice: 'What's The Deal With The Downing Street Memo'?
Patrick Mulvaney at The Village Voice asks: What's the Deal With the Downing Street Memo? The subhead on the story is "Getting a grip on that Bush/Blair war scandal." I recommend it. I found it thought-provoking.
See The Downing Street Memo blog for extensive coverage on the memo, which was first revealed by Rupert Murdoch's conservative Times of London on May 1, 2005. The highlight of the July 23, 2002 memo, which was written by Matthew Rycroft to David Manning, British Ambassador to the U.S., for "UK (United Kingdom eyes only," seems to be this:
Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.Congressman John Conyers (D-Michigan) is spearheading an effort to generate debate on the memo. He also sent a "Letter to President Bush Concerning the "Downing Street Minutes."
Posted by Munir Umrani at June 18, 2005 07:24 AM
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