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	Dodgy Dossier - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The claims of both the "September" and "Dodgy" dossiers were called into question after the 2003 war on Iraq, when Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) had failed to be used or found, and the dossiers were encompassed in an enquiry by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
		The controversy over the "Dodgy Dossier" was mentioned frequently in the government's fight with the BBC over the September Dossier that Iraq could deploy biological weapons within 45 minutes of an order to do so, and the controversy surrounding the death of Doctor David Kelly.
		Andrew Gilligan, who was responsible for a report which claimed the September dossier had been deliberately exaggerated, stated in evidence to the Hutton Inquiry that remembering the story of the February dossier had led him to file his story based on his interview with David Kelly without getting any confirmation from other sources.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Dodgy_dossier (545 words)

	Encyclopedia: Dodgy Dossier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The dossier highlights the chemical and biological threat, claiming Iraq "has attempted to modify the L-29 jet trainer to be used as an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) potentially capable of delivering chemical and biological agents".
		The dossier also claims Iraq was trying to acquire "significant quantities of uranium from Africa", the implication being that, with the expertise already there, the prospect of a nuclear arsenal for Saddam was not far away.
		Another claim in the dossier was: "Saddam continues to attach great importance to the possession of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles which he regards as being the basis for Iraq's regional power.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dodgy_Dossier (1651 words)

	The dodgy dossier and the hutton inquiry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is this dossier, the so-called ‘dodgy dossier, which has been the subject of much controversy.
		The dossier was released on the morning of a parliamentary debate on the issue of Iraq.
		The dossier was seen by some to 'consist of a reworking of information that was already public' and many were dissatisfied with it.
	portal.beauchamp.org.uk /activities/DMXWebsites/1203dodgydossier.htm (603 words)

	Oral evidence
		It was included in the dossier against their wishes because it wasn't reliable." He again described his source as "a civil servant in the non-secret part of the Civil Service as distinct from the secret part".
		It was not the intelligence component of the dossier, it was the history of the inspections, the concealment and deception by Iraq, which is not intelligence information.
		In evidence to us it has become clear that the final form of this dossier was published and emerged in a first draft, whatever in that context it means, a first draft of this document on 9/10 September last year and was published, I think, on 23/24 September.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmfaff/uc1025-i/uc102502.htm (7945 words)

	C4 News - World - Iraq - Campbell's dossier denials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He told the Foreign Affairs Committee that he only realised that February's now infamous 'dodgy' dossier was plagiarised was when Channel 4 News first reported that a large chunk had been downloaded from the internet.
		Mr Campbell denied this and said that the dodgy dossier was never supposed to be seen as such a weighty document.
		Mr Campbell was standing his ground on the government dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/06/week_4/25_acam.html (516 words)

	UK Indymedia - Really Dodgy Dossier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Much has been made recently of the "Dodgy Dossier" that was used by HMG to justify its participation in the invasion of Iraq.
		This was the same modus operandi that was used as with the Iraq Dodgy Dossier, and the world press must have assumed that HMG is honest and respectable.
		The real dodgy nature of the dossier becomes apparent when continued investigations of the backgrounds of the hijackers revealed that 8 weren't even in the United States at the time, and are in fact very much alive.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2003/07/274540.html (1130 words)

	Dodgy Dossier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Dodgy Dossier was a briefing paper issued to journalists by the British Prime Minister's press secretary, Alastair Campbell, on 3 February 2003 about Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction.
		The paper, entitled Iraq - its infrastructure of concealment, deception and intimidation was a follow-up to the previously issued September Dossier, intended to make a persuasive argument for the decision to go to war against Iraq.
		The term "Dodgy Dossier" was coined by journalists after Channel 4 News learnt that much of the work had been plagiarised from various uncredited sources, most notably from a postgraduate thesis published on the internet.
	www.portaljuice.com /dodgy_dossier.html (398 words)

	C4 News - UK - Iraq intelligence - Dr Kelly confirmed dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Police have confirmed that the body of a man found in the Oxfordshire countryside was that of the scientist caught up in an explosive row between the Government and the BBC over Iraq's weapons capability.
		It was only the row over the Iraq dossier that thrust David Kelly into the political and media spotlight.
		Accused of being a mole and a fall guy he was in fact one of the country's top experts on biological weapons, working for the MOD and the Foreign Office, and formerly as a weapons inspector in Iraq.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/07/week_3/19_kelly.html (829 words)

	Iraq dossier fiasco rolls on - Jane's International Security News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In other words, the February 2003 dossier - referred to as being "exquisitely detailed" by US Secretary of State Colin Powell - was more or less a government-edited production, rather than the work of any of the intelligence services.
		According to the ISC report, the weapons of mass destruction dossier was "assembled by the Assessments staff, endorsed by the JIC and issued by the prime minister".
		This is vitally important because if investigations on the ground in Iraq eventually draw a blank in the hunt for the elusive weapons, the intelligence services will be able to pass the ultimate responsibility on to the British government and specifically to the prime minister himself.
	www.janes.com /security/international_security/news/jid/jid030612_1_n.shtml (603 words)

	The Observer \| Special reports \| No 10 regret on war dossier
		Number 10 officials now admit that the second dossier, which was largely culled from a 13-year-old thesis by a Californian PhD student, is damaging the Government's case for war against Iraq.
		The dossier was published last February to coincide with Blair's 'war summit' with President George Bush in Washington.
		Officials hope that admitting errors over the second dossier will strengthen their case on the first dossier, published last September which has been the subject of allegations that it was 'sexed up' to make a stronger case for war.
	www.observer.co.uk /iraq/story/0,12239,973116,00.html (723 words)

	Government's 'dodgy dossier' on immigration... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The government was today accused of issuing a "dodgy dossier" on the economic contribution of immigrants.
		The paper, from think-tank Migrationwatch, shows that the basic premise on which the Home Secretary is basing his case for massive immigration is highly suspect.
		An apparently useful fact was plucked out of a lengthy document, shorn of its necessary qualifications, placed in a prominent position in the Executive Summary, and then repeated endlessly.
	uep.atspace.com /News69.htm (370 words)

	Dodgy dossier on Iraq returns to haunt Blair.htm in Business Recorder on June 09, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dodgy dossier on Iraq returns to haunt Blair.htm in Business Recorder on June 09, 2003
		A spokesman for Blair's Downing Street office said on Sunday the document - dubbed the "dodgy dossier" by British media - had failed to make clear the source of some of the information that was used to back the government's case for war on Iraq.
		Blair's spokesman said the parts of the dossier which came from intelligence sources should have been more clearly marked out from those which came from publicly available sources.
	www.paksearch.com /br2003/Jun/9/Dodgy%20dossier%20on%20Iraq%20returns%20to%20haunt%20Blair.htm (523 words)

	C4 News - World - Iraq intelligence - MoD "mole" doubts he was BBC source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The government's credibility was dealt another severe blow today as the man they named as the source for the accusations of sexing up the September dossier on Iraq said he was not the source for the original story.
		The veracity - or not - of the intelligence claims in the September dossier that made the case for war just won't go away.
		The government had trumpeted Dr David Kelly in its furious row with the BBC as the likely source of the story the dossier had been "sexed up".
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/07/week_3/15_wmd.html (519 words)

	ipedia.com: September Dossier Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The press criticised the dossier on its release for its tameness and for the seeming lack of any really new evidence of import.
		However, two sections of the text would later become the centre of fierce debate: the allegation that Iraq had sought "significant quantities of uranium from Africa", and the claim that it was capable of deploying WMDs within 45 minutes of an order to do so.
		The British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw later told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (which was investigating the veracity of the claims in the dossier) that British intelligence on the matter had not been shared with the CIA, and that the statement in the dossier was based on reliable intelligence.
	www.ipedia.com /september_dossier.html (1173 words)

	Dodgy Dossier
		Dodgy dossier and the real question:was rush to war justified?
		The government dossier of the following month was broadly similar, but made the implications of possible future Iraqi missile and weapon developments rather starker.
		The third "dodgy dossier" has already been effectively disowned by Jack Straw.
	www.tgarden.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /writings/articles/2003/030707standard.html (725 words)

	C4 News - UK - Iraq intelligence - Kelly inquiry: How comprehensive? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Police confirm that the body is Dr Kelly's and that his wrists were slashed.
		BBC say Dr Kelly was the main source for their story on the "sexed up" Iraq dossier story.
		The September dossier on the threat from Iraq, from the Number 10 website.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/07/week_4/21_kelly.html (500 words)

	Blair faces fresh 'dodgy dossier' claims. 12/07/2003. ABC News Online
		The Independent newspaper said the dossier, published last September, contained at least six separate items on Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction that were lifted from reports up to 21 months old.
		Earlier this week, the embattled Prime Minister told a parliamentary committee he stood by the first dossier, insisting it supported the need for military action.
		But the Independent said the dossier drew heavily on sources already in the public domain, including a January 2001 briefing paper by William Cohen, United States Defence Secretary in the Clinton administration, and a September 2002 report on Iraq by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/33312/20030717/www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s900662.htm (283 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Anger erupts over 'dodgy dossier'
		The Tory leader insisted he had no prior knowledge of the contents of the second dossier on Iraq which was published by the government in February.
		Mr Blair said the intelligence upon which the dossier was published had been shared with the Conservatives.
		In his letter to Mr Duncan Smith, the prime minister said the intelligence on which the two dossiers were based "was shared at briefings on September 18 and February 12 with you", and "not...
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3052847.stm (665 words)

	C4 News - World - Iraq - Downing st apologises for dodgy dossier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It's taken them four months, but Downing Street has at last apologised for the so-called "dodgy dossier" which was used to help justify the war against Iraq.
		The row over the "dodgy dossier" errupted when Channel Four News disclosed that large chunks of No 10's supposedly authoritative report, "Iraq - its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation" had been lifted word for word from this PhD thesis by Ibrahim al-Marashi entitled more conservatively, "Iraq's Security and Intelligence Network: A Guide and Analysis".
		Downing Street admitted today there had been "an error of omission in the dossier, where we should have made the attribution clearer - those elements which came from intelligence sources and those elements which came from publicly available sources".
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/02/week_1/07_dossier.html (590 words)

	The Agonist: Complications To BBC Story On Dodgy Dossier
		Bloomberg:The U.K. Ministry of Defense said one of its officials met a British Broadcasting Corp. journalist who reported in May that government ministers exaggerated the case for war on Iraq, a week before his radio broadcast.
		The row centers on an intelligence dossier published by Blair's office in September.
		The BBC on May 29 quoted ``one of the senior officials in charge of drawing up the dossier'' as saying that Alastair Campbell, Blair's director of communications, ``sexed up'' the contents by insisting the 45 minute claim be included.
	www.agonist.org /archives/004734.html (159 words)

	Propaganda Matrix - Multimedia - The Dodgy Dossier
		Yet a dossier presented as containing prime-cuts of fresh intelligence material turns out to be nothing of the sort - but rather an internet cut-and-paste exercise largely lifted from a Californian post-graduate thesis focused on evidence from the invasion of Kuwait 13 years ago.
		Even worse, while typographical errors were maintained, a sprinkling of unfounded exaggerations were inserted to strengthen the claims made in the thesis.
		If he wants to persuade Britain of the just case for military action as a last resort, and there is a just case, his Government can hardly afford to shoot itself in the foot again.
	www.propagandamatrix.com /multimedia/bbcuk_dodgydossier.html (554 words)

	C4 News - UK - Iraq intelligence - BBC's Susan Watts testifies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Susan Watts went on to distance herself further from her BBC colleague Andrew Gilligan's reports, emphasising she had not named Alastair Campbell, and pointed out that when speaking to her, Dr Kelly had "denied specifically that he was involved."
		Ms Watts said Dr Kelly was a source she'd got to know quite well and thought that too off the cuff or glib to be the basis for a report.
		She didn't allege that Downing Street had known the 45 minute warning was misleading when it was put in the dossier.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/08/week_3/13_hutton.html (2025 words)

	C4 News - UK - Iraq intelligence - Gilligan grilled at Hutton Inquriy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan has had to justify in detail his reports about the Government's dossier on Iraq's weapons which claim the September dossier was, as he put it, "sexed up".
		Andrew Gilligan stood by his report that it was Alastair Campbell who had transformed the dossier, insisting that it was Dr Kelly who had raised Campbell's name first.
		Susan Watts' note of her chat with Dr Kelly refers to the assertion in the dossier that Iraq could deploy chemical and biological weapons in 45 minutes: "A mistake to put in.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/08/week_3/12_kelly.html (1084 words)

	Dodgy dossier from dodgy government \| Samizdata.net
		This is because the tension before the conflict had been so high, that even the spin-doctors at No 10 would have appreciated the hightened exposure they were facing.
		As far as the dossier is concerned, it did not say anything I did not know already from other public sources as I already blogged about it on this blog before the conflict.
		The fact is splitting hairs about 45-minutes or other such details of the case for disarming Saddam cannot excite me. Blair's people may have screwed up but not because their case wasn't strong enough, but because they couldn't help spinning even when they didn't.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/003996.html (1952 words)

	C4 News - Home - Politics - Corralling the debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The report says that "the 45 minute claim did not warrant the prominence given to it in the dossier" but that "Alastair Campbell did not play any role in the inclusion of the 45 minute claim.
		Although the committee threw out his source's allegation that Downing Street had inserted into the dossier the claim that Iraq could launch a deadly weapons strike within 45 minutes, its report said it "did not warrant the prominence given to it" because it had been based on intelligence from a single, uncorroborated source.
		Mr Gilligan is also likely to take heart from the committee's acknowledgement that other journalists, who perhaps had also been given intelligence briefings, had cast doubt on the 45-minute claim.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/07/week_1/07_wmd.html (469 words)

	THE DODGY DOSSIER, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
		With a story loosely based on dodgy facts he displayed the story as true, and held it out to the public at large.
		There can be little doubt that Blair had some say in the dossier.
		It seems that not only did they cause problems (that could possibly have led to a case for age discrimination) before the dossier, but they effectively hung him out to dry in the aftermath of the Gilligan ‘story’.
	www.carr10.plus.com /rants/dodgy.html (1590 words)

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