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JohnyCanuck

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Fri Nov 8, 2013, 10:56 AM Nov 2013

Bid to keep No10 files secret halts Iraq report:

Cabinet Secretary blocks attempt to declassify 130 conversations between Blair, Bush and Brown

The long-awaited report into how Britain went to war in Iraq has been delayed indefinitely by a row over new transcripts of conversations between Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and George W. Bush.

Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot has revealed that he has asked for ‘more than 130 records of conversations’ between the three men to be declassified.

His demands have been blocked by Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, Britain’s most senior civil servant.

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Increasing numbers of people – especially the young – believe our political system is a closed circle: secretive, impenetrable and corrupt.

If you want to know why so many feel alienated, just take a look at a story that speaks volumes about the unaccountability of our political masters.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2491880/Bid-No10-files-secret-halts-Iraq-report-Cabinet-Secretary-blocks-attempt-declassify-130-conversations-Blair-Bush-Brown.html
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Bid to keep No10 files secret halts Iraq report: (Original Post) JohnyCanuck Nov 2013 OP
When revealing crimes is treated as a crime... bluedeathray Nov 2013 #1
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