The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)
5/13/202657 min
What was the difference between the so-called “dodgy dossier” and the real dossier prepared by Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell? Why did the US rush their vital National Intelligence Estimate? And why was the intelligence so weak?
Listen as David and Gordon explore how the US and UK sold the case for war in Iraq to the public.
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First 90 secondsDavid McCloskey· Host0:00
[theme music] For exclusive interviews, bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to series, first look at live show tickets, a weekly newsletter, and discounted books, join the Declassified Club at therestisclassified.com. [theme music] Did MI6 lean on weak intelligence to justify the Iraq War, and why were dissenting voices ignored? Well, welcome to The Rest is Classified. I'm David McCloskey.
Gordon Corera· Host0:36
And I'm Gordon Corera.
David McCloskey· Host0:37
And we are on episode four of this deep, dark journey into the story of the Iraq weapons of mass destruction intelligence failure, the debacle that led up to the Iraq War of 2003. And we left off last time looking at the decision to use WMD as the, the marketing strategy, the basis to confront Saddam, to change his regime, to sell the war publicly. And the decision was taken to rest the public case for that war almost entirely on Iraq's possession of WMD, in defiance of UN resolutions, the course of the 1990s and early 2000s, and of course demanding that Saddam disarm. So, what that decision