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Old 5th Feb 2004, 19:19
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Geoff was star guest on the Today Programme this morning, unfortunately missed most of his interview, however he continually stated after being specifically asked a number of times that he had not seen the Sun headline until a "couple of weeks ago" after watching Panorama. He claimed there was no public debate or worry at the time of the headlines, hence he never heard about them...

20 minutes later, after a bit of research, it was found that honest Geoff had in fact stated during the Hutton review (was that under oath?) that he was well aware of the Sun headline "45 minutes from Doom" as well as other headlines, and what parts of the world they refered to.

Ooopsy. Didn't he just lie? 8:10-8:30am interview, and around 8:50am - 9am when they come back to the story. Might be worth a proper listen if you can get access to the Radio 4 website and a pair of headphones!

yet again, he's setting himself up as the fall guy for Bliar - I almost feel sorry for him! Claim Tony knew nothing about battlefield weapons, and then set yourself up to take all the flack.
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