The sound of silence

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This link is for a news item on Tuesday. It's pretty much the same report as the link to The Scostman item I published the other day. But...

When this item failed to appear in the British news on Tuesday night I mailed Jon Snow at Channel 4 News to express concern. The next night (Wednesday) they did cover it in a fashion by revealing that the UK media had been threatened by the government with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act if information in the leak was pursued. As a result, the coverage was more devoted to the censorship issue than the content of the story itself.

The conclusion seems to be that Blair took action at the request of the White House - largely to protect the image (????) of Bush than for any reason related to UK national security. After all - this is one leak that actually presents Blair in a favourable light and he certainly needs it. The farce is that although the story has been buried here in the UK, over in Amerika itself the item was reported here there and everywhere. This link simply proves it and if you didn't read it earlier it may be worth doing so now.

Although there will be no more details available for now in the UK, I suspect revelations will slowly appear elsewhere. I will be on the lookout for links.

Later.