Straw vetoes Iraq war cabinet minutes

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BBC

 

Straw vetoes Iraq minutes release

 

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has vetoed the publication of minutes of key Cabinet meetings held in the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003.

 

He said he would use a clause in the Freedom of Information Act to block the release of details of meetings in which the war's legality was discussed.

 

The release of the information would do "serious damage" to Cabinet government and outweighed public interest needs.

 

The Information Tribunal had ruled that the minutes should be published.

 

Since when is the political future of a party more important than the public interest?

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