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Current Events » in reply to "Serious Flaws" Found in British Dossier (Lord Robin Butler speaks)

The Butler Report was thoroughly discussed here a while back

The actual report can be found here. The Butler Report, along with other recent reports released, effectively demolished the "Bush/Blair lied" argument, which is why they fell off the media radar screens relatively quickly. From page 152 of the Butler Report:

20. In general, we found that the original intelligence material was correctly reported in JIC
assessments. An exception was the ’45 minute’ report. But this sort of example was rare.
(Paragraph 449)

21. We should record in particular that we have found no evidence of deliberate distortion or
of culpable negligence. (Paragraph 449)

22. We found no evidence of JIC assessments and the judgements inside them being pulled
in any particular direction to meet the policy concerns of senior officials on the JIC.
(Paragraph 450)

23. We conclude in general that the intelligence community made good use of the technical
expertise available to the Government. (Paragraph 451)

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