O New York Times publicou dois editoriais sobre o relatório do Lord Hutton. O jornal americano elogia a colaboração na investigação por parte do Blair e diz que a vitória veio devido a boa governança do primeiro ministro britânico...
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain has given an impressive demonstration of how good governance can also be smart politics. Yesterday, an independent judicial inquiry fully exonerated his administration, refuting charges that it knowingly manipulated intelligence about Iraqi weapons and that it compounded the pressures that led a government scientist, Dr. David Kelly, to kill himself.
Já sobre o baby Bush, o NYT diz que o presidente americano continua usando a tática de distorcer e evadir ao invés de permitir uma investigação independente sobre as "falhas" da "inteligência" americana...
While Tony Blair was cooperating with a British investigation into his handling of the lead-up to the Iraqi invasion, the Bush White House continued to follow its strategy of spin and evade. Because Mr. Blair was compelled to take the risk that objective investigators would find that he had acted honorably and honestly, Britain is now able to move on to the next logical step — finding out why its intelligence was so completely wrong. Americans, however, are still stuck in stage one. President Bush needs to move things forward by starting — or allowing Congress to start — an independent investigation that goes beyond the British inquiry and looks into all aspects of the apparent intelligence failures on Iraq.
Tem um pouco de Spin do NYT tb. "Esqueceram" de dizer que o Lord Hutton concentrou toda a investigação na cagada do Gilligan e não no mérito da "inteligência" burra que levou à invasão do Iraque... Estranho, principalmente pq ontem o David Kay reconheceu que não deve encontrar armas de destruição em massa no Iraque (veja Scotsman, Newsday e Toronto Star).
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