15 July 2011 - Corners were cut in the creation of intelligence reports produced ahead of the 2003 war in Iraq, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) personnel have told the Iraq War inquiry.
In evidence released this week, an officer identified only as SIS 2 said there had been a "febrile" atmosphere within the Secret Intelligence Service at the time of the creation of dossiers in late 2002 and early 2003.
Under pressure from Downing Street to back up claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), SIS officers had been "too eager to please", SIS 2 said.
A September dossier claimed that Iraq could launch biological weapons against its own population within 45 minutes.
"The pressure to generate results, I fear, did lead to the cutting of corners," said SIS 2.
"…What we did not have was good agents reporting on Iraq who were as knowledgeable about the WMD programmes as we would have wished. …they did their best, but, as it turns out, their best was not good enough.
"…I think perhaps SIS was at that point guilty of flying a bit too close to the sun. read more>>>
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Iraq dossiers: "corners were cut"
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