1) Chilcot himself. Is this “establishment” man really going to get to the bottom of how we ended up in Iraq? Can someone who acted as a “staff counsellor” to MI6 between 1999 to 2004 be a credible investigator of the flawed intelligence produced on Iraqi WMDs, by MI6, between 2002 and 2003? Will an ex-permanent secretary at the Northern Ireland Office be able to challenge ministers or his former colleagues in the civil service?
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