Another Intercept, but this time it's different

"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:18:49 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:

It was also a memo about one persons take on what other people were
thinking. Unless the guy's a mindreader....

Matt, you need to READ-THE-MEMO before commenting. The memo is
actually minutes of a meeting at which Tony Blair was present and
there's nothing false about it. During the meeting "C" commented on
his recent trip to Washington where he was briefed by his U.S.
intelligence counterparts. "C" is Sir Richard Dearlove who is the
head of MI6.

Sounds like hearsay to me.


Since Dearlove was in Washington as the head of MI6 in order to be
briefed, it's hardly necessary for him to be a mind reader. He has to
listen to what he's told and render this information accurately to
Tony Blair.

No person in the British government is denying the accuracy of the
memo.

Frankly, I too wish it weren't so.

Odd, isn't it, that it's not getting any traction here, even in the left
wing press.

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Corky Scott" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 31 May 2005 11:18:49 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:

It was also a memo about one persons take on what other people were
thinking. Unless the guy's a mindreader....

Matt, you need to READ-THE-MEMO before commenting. The memo is
actually minutes of a meeting at which Tony Blair was present and
there's nothing false about it. During the meeting "C" commented on
his recent trip to Washington where he was briefed by his U.S.
intelligence counterparts. "C" is Sir Richard Dearlove who is the
head of MI6.

Sounds like hearsay to me.


Since Dearlove was in Washington as the head of MI6 in order to be
briefed, it's hardly necessary for him to be a mind reader. He has to
listen to what he's told and render this information accurately to
Tony Blair.

No person in the British government is denying the accuracy of the
memo.

Frankly, I too wish it weren't so.

Odd, isn't it, that it's not getting any traction here, even in the left
wing press.

One last thing: this all sounds very much like the Joe Clark episode.