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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired February 03, 2004 - 05:47 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Let's head live to London and Becky Anderson.
Let me guess, weapons of mass destruction and intelligence.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, can you guess?
COSTELLO: Yes.
ANDERSON: A day is a long time in politics they say. When asked about an hour ago whether he was surprised that the U.S. is launching an inquiry into the intelligence surrounding weapons of mass destruction, Tony Blair said he wasn't, that they had been planning this. This will be, he says, the fourth inquiry. The scope of the inquiry, the framework of the inquiry hasn't been defined yet. That will be defined by the Foreign Minister Jack Straw shortly, in about an hour and a half's time.
But yes, there is going to be an inquiry and Tony Blair has suggested that this inquiry will be about how intelligence is gathered and used by governments and there will be important lessons to be learned he said. But he says the inquiry should not go into the political judgement that took us to war. He wants that scope of that inquiry to be extremely limited once again, just as the Hutton inquiry was.
"The Guardian," Iraq's missing weapons and inquiry is forced upon Blair. Well he said it hasn't been forced. He said it's his decision. "The Times," spies must tell how they got Iraq so wrong. Blair asked ex-cabinet secretary to chair an intelligence inquiry.
As I say, we will find out about the scope of that inquiry shortly. Suffice to say that Tony Blair has said in front of a committee of parliamentarians today that he has eminent faith in the intelligence services. Perhaps the way their information is used is what must be inquired about.
And "The Independent," Blair caves in to calls for WMD inquiry. And that is Jack Nicholson. Jack's back...
COSTELLO: I thought that was Jack Nicholson.
ANDERSON: ... shocking example as ever. He's coming out of the Clarities Hotel (ph), a very, very smart hotel in the center of town, Mayfair (ph), and he's coming out there fag in mouth, as it were, cigarette in mouth. Not -- looking all a bit disheveled, really, isn't he? There you go. Back to you guys.
COSTELLO: Yes, what a great example to set for all Americans overseas.
Becky Anderson, live from London, many thanks.
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Aired February 3, 2004 - 05:47 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Let's head live to London and Becky Anderson.
Let me guess, weapons of mass destruction and intelligence.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, can you guess?
COSTELLO: Yes.
ANDERSON: A day is a long time in politics they say. When asked about an hour ago whether he was surprised that the U.S. is launching an inquiry into the intelligence surrounding weapons of mass destruction, Tony Blair said he wasn't, that they had been planning this. This will be, he says, the fourth inquiry. The scope of the inquiry, the framework of the inquiry hasn't been defined yet. That will be defined by the Foreign Minister Jack Straw shortly, in about an hour and a half's time.
But yes, there is going to be an inquiry and Tony Blair has suggested that this inquiry will be about how intelligence is gathered and used by governments and there will be important lessons to be learned he said. But he says the inquiry should not go into the political judgement that took us to war. He wants that scope of that inquiry to be extremely limited once again, just as the Hutton inquiry was.
"The Guardian," Iraq's missing weapons and inquiry is forced upon Blair. Well he said it hasn't been forced. He said it's his decision. "The Times," spies must tell how they got Iraq so wrong. Blair asked ex-cabinet secretary to chair an intelligence inquiry.
As I say, we will find out about the scope of that inquiry shortly. Suffice to say that Tony Blair has said in front of a committee of parliamentarians today that he has eminent faith in the intelligence services. Perhaps the way their information is used is what must be inquired about.
And "The Independent," Blair caves in to calls for WMD inquiry. And that is Jack Nicholson. Jack's back...
COSTELLO: I thought that was Jack Nicholson.
ANDERSON: ... shocking example as ever. He's coming out of the Clarities Hotel (ph), a very, very smart hotel in the center of town, Mayfair (ph), and he's coming out there fag in mouth, as it were, cigarette in mouth. Not -- looking all a bit disheveled, really, isn't he? There you go. Back to you guys.
COSTELLO: Yes, what a great example to set for all Americans overseas.
Becky Anderson, live from London, many thanks.
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