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Old 31st Jan 2004, 00:27
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Jacko has hit the truth of the matter and John Walker's opinions expressed yesterday on Radio 4 are very relevant. To lay emphasis on an uncorroborated 45 minute capability that could easily have been verified was at least naive.

John Walker's other telling point for the future related to the need for better and more accurate intelligence assessments in the future - with our new defence policy it might not be a bad idea to get the facts right next time.

We should also consider how narrow Hutton's terms of reference were, how they were determined and how he was selected to be the man to do the job. There is no credit here either.

This slippery prime minister and his henchmen should now be subject to a full enquiry regarding the most important issue: did they lead us into war prematurely, with lack of care and with misleading evidence in support of their case.
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