Monday, May 10, 2004
London Daily Mail May 7 via c0balt:John Scarlett is a highly controversial choice as the new Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6. Within minutes of the announcement, his appointment was denounced as "inappropriate" . . .
Mr Scarlett's high profile defence of the Government's Iraq weapons dossier during the Hutton Inquiry was [curious.] As chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee - which includes the chiefs of all the intelligence agencies - he was responsible for actually drawing up the dossier. . . .
Senior former diplomats said his performance showed that he had become too close to the Downing Street "magic circle"
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