UK agreed to shield U.S. interests in Iraq probe-leak

[deminks]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/8433370/uk-agreed-to-shield-us-interests-in-iraq-probeleak/

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government gave secret assurances to Washington it would limit the scope of an inquiry into the Iraq war to protect U.S. interests, according to diplomatic messages leaked by a whistle-blowing website.

U.S. embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks reported a British official, Jon Day, as telling U.S. officials in 2009 that Britain had "put measures in place to protect your interests" during the inquiry.

The documents were posted at http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/cables/2009/09/09LONDON2198.html.

The inquiry was set up in 2009 by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to learn lessons from the Iraq conflict, the most controversial episode in the 10-year premiership of Tony Blair.

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The protection mentioned by Day in the leaked cables would be for U.S. intelligence documents supplied before the Iraq war. They could not be brought to light because of the damage that would do to the Anglo-American alliance, they showed officials as saying.

The Sept 22 cable reported a meeting held in London earlier that month between U.S. officials including Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher and then British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and several senior officials including Day, the Ministry of Defence Director General for Security Policy.

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Let's keep looking forward, Mr. President. Rest assured that no one will look back too far. But that was the deal, wasn't it, Mr. President? Madame Secretary?

[RandomThoughts]

1. Concepts of deals.

If you don't expect anything, you never make a deal. Although you can know what is right, you do not have to expect it to happen. And since a deal has to include some expectation of some result, by not ever having that expectation, and knowing nobody knows for sure, you never make a deal

:)

Also fits if you live by what you think is just and compassionate with mercy, you never hit bottom. Although in the spiritual I think most deals are deceptions to be used against people anyways.

Not sure, I never made any deals.

Doesn't exactly fit not having wants, that seems a bit broad, more that you don't let some want lead to trading away who or what you are. Some groups want you to change who and what you are without being able to explain why.

For instance, I have not been out playing pool in awhile, has that changed who I am? Nope. However there have been offers that I could go play pool again if I did change who I am, and be more like some other groups that have not explained their claims or reasons. But if I did that, it would not be me playing pool, so obviously you don't make deals for stuff, since it would not be you anymore anyways if it changes you to get something.