Gary Gibbon
Iraq inquiry: a corker of a declassified document
Interesting papers on the Iraq legal opinion released by the coalition government – there was a long fruitless struggle to get them from the last government.
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Declassified documents on legality of war
A fascinating haul of classified documents released yesterday shed new light on the legal shenanigans in the run-up to the Iraq war. Among them, we see the former attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, setting down on 30 January 2003 that he believed war without a second UN resolution would be illegal. The next day, Blair met…
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Jon Snow
Torture: questions still hanging in the wind
The question as to what extent the UK security services were aware of or were involved in any way in torture remains very live this week, blogs Jon Snow.
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Gary Gibbon
Goldsmith’s evidence to the Iraq inquiry: memory is a funny thing
Gary Gibbon comes across some differences between Lord Goldsmith and Gordon Brown’s recollection of a cabinet meeting on the legality of the war in Iraq.
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Iraq inquiry: Lord Goldsmith could have faced tougher questions
The Iraq Inquiry Blogger looks back at Lord Goldsmith’s evidence and believes the former attorney general could have been pushed harder.
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Gary Gibbon
Iraq inquiry: dealing with the law and Lord Goldsmith
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon examines the way Lord Goldsmith was questioned by the Iraq inquiry.
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Iraq inquiry: Goldsmith and Blair legacies 'forever intertwined'
The Iraq war and now the Chilcot inquiry will ensure Blair and Goldsmith’s reputations and legacies remain intertwined forever, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.
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Iraq inquiry: it's good to be back
Channel 4 News’s Iraq inquiry blogger looks back over coverage of the inquuiry during the Christmas break and ahead to evidence this week and later in the year.