British protected American interests in their official investigation of the Iraq War

[JDPriestly]

Wikileaks per the Guardian:

The British government promised to protect America's interests during the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war, according to a secret cable sent from the US embassy in London.

Jon Day, the Ministry of Defence's director general for security policy, told US under-secretary of state Ellen Tauscher that the UK had "put measures in place to protect your interests during the UK inquiry into the causes of the Iraq war".

The admission came in the cable sent on 22 September 2009, which recorded a series of high-level meetings between Tauscher and UK defence officials and diplomats, which involved the then foreign secretary, David Miliband.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/wikileaks-chilcot-iraq-war-inquiry?DCMP=EMC-thewrap08

So much for Obama's claims to oppose the Iraq War and promise to increase transparency in our government. What is wrong with this man? What is wrong with our political system? What is wrong with our press?

What good is "freedom of the press" if the press doesn't use its freedom?

So now we know the whole Iraq Inquiry was a sham, just an act.

[Catherina]

1. Rec'd. I'm not surprised but I'm grateful Wikileaks got it in print

for the whole world to see.

I was just reading John Pilger's site. He has this picture up. It seems appropriate

Tony Blair must be prosecuted



John Pilger writes about the "paramount war crime" defined by the Nuremberg judges in 1946 and its relevance to the case of Tony Blair, whose shared responsibility for the Iraq invasion resulted in the deaths of more than a million people. New developments in international and domestic political attitudes towards war crimes mean that Blair is now 'Britain's Kissinger'.

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http://www.johnpilger.com/articles/tony-blair-must-be-prosecuted