Chilcot Inquiry will not publish Blair notes to Bush

January 19th, 2011

Britain’s top civil servant, Sir Gus O’Donnell, has refused permission for notes between former prime minister Tony Blair and former US president George Bush to be published by the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. Head of the Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, has said the notes — which he has seen — are “central to his work”. But civil servants say their publication could harm Britain’s relations with the US. Read more here

Iraq inquiry stuck in a quagmire

August 4th, 2010

The Chilcot investigation may know the truth about the build up to the war, but it is unable to reveal all, says Chris Ames
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“Government is gagging Iraq inquiry”

December 1st, 2009

The government’s control over what the Chilcot Inquiry can publish and the questions it can ask is providing a watered-down account of why Britain went to war and an easy ride for witnesses argues Chris Ames
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Iraq inquiry: silencing witnesses

October 29th, 2009

Public hearings into the Iraq war are set to begin on 24 November, the panel’s chairman Sir John Chilcot said today. But witnesses still do not know whether the evidence they give will ever make its way into the public domain, says Chris Ames
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