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Intelligence committee report welcomed
The Prime Minister published a report by the Intelligence and Security Committee today.
It examines whether the available intelligence, which informed the decision to invade Iraq, was adequate and properly assessed and whether it was accurately reflected in government publications.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the Committee comes to some important conclusions.
“The September dossier produced by the Joint Intelligence Committee was founded on the intelligence assessments then available,” he said.
“The September dossier was not ’sexed up’ by anyone either in Downing Street or elsewhere in Government. The JIC [Joint Intelligence Committee] has not been subjected to political pressure. Its independence and impartiality have not been compromised in any way.”
He also said that that the Committee has a number of criticisms and spells out a number of lessons to be learned, which the Government will take on board. It will respond in detail to these and the other conclusions in the report later in the year and after Lord Hutton has reported.
The Intelligence and Security Committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of the UK’s three intelligence and security agencies. It also takes evidence from Cabinet Ministers, the Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and the Defence Intelligence Staff.
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