Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
1st August 2012, 11:34
Not at all surprising but no less infuriating...obviously they don't want anyone knowing that war was inevitable and Blair didn't give a shit about WMDs or any other half-assed excuse given at the time.
The decision to keep Iraq war cabinet minutes secret is "disappointing", the UK information commissioner has said.
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has upheld Labour's 2009 ruling to exempt the minutes from the FOI laws.
Mr Grieve said it was an "exceptional case" with benefits of releasing the information outweighed by the need to promote "effective cabinet government".
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said there was "significant public interest" in the matter.
The attorney general has used the power of ministerial veto in order to withhold the minutes of two cabinet meetings held immediately prior to the start of military action in Iraq in 2003.
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19075914)
The decision to keep Iraq war cabinet minutes secret is "disappointing", the UK information commissioner has said.
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has upheld Labour's 2009 ruling to exempt the minutes from the FOI laws.
Mr Grieve said it was an "exceptional case" with benefits of releasing the information outweighed by the need to promote "effective cabinet government".
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said there was "significant public interest" in the matter.
The attorney general has used the power of ministerial veto in order to withhold the minutes of two cabinet meetings held immediately prior to the start of military action in Iraq in 2003.
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19075914)