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June 19, 2005
Another Analysis Of The Downing Street Memo
Marcel Votlucka of SB Independent, a publication of the Stony Brook University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, offers a good analysis of the Downing Street Memo for students and faculty at the university. The writer noted in a June 18, 2005 post: The document now known as the Downing Street memo is a summary of a meeting between Richard Dearlove, the head of British intelligence, and senior Bush Administration officials. It dates from July 23, 2002, just as the Bush Administration was starting to make a case for invading Iraq but before it had officially declared its intention to do so. The memo was leaked to the Times of London, which published it on May 1, 2005 in the midst of Prime Minster Tony Blair's reelection campaign. The British media has reported on this memo and its implications, but the mainstream media this side of the Atlantic has neglected this story with impunity.
Votlucka said, "Only now are media outlets beginning to look into this document. Congressman John Conyers held a public hearing in Washington DC on June 16 [2005] regarding the memo and its implications." See "Analysis and Text of the Downing Street Memo" for more. I highly recommend it.
Editor's Note: Sir Richard Dearlove is no longer head of MI6 , Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. He was succeeded by John McLeod Scarlett on May 6, 2004.
Posted by Munir Umrani at June 19, 2005 08:40 AM
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