The corrupt Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, who altered his legal advice, which stated that the invasion of Iraq was illegal, to suit Tony Blair's plan to invade. And, who threatened to prosecute newspapers if they dared to refer to the leaked memo in which George Bush sought to bomb the Al-jazeera television station in Qatar, is urging the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute under the Official Secrets Act two former Labour MPs, Peter Kilfoyle and Tony Clarke for leaking the memo.
Strangely, Downing Street sources are claiming that no record exists of the secret meeting between Blair and Bush, therefore the memo does not exist. If this is the case, then there can be no prosecution because no offence has been committed. On the other hand, there are examples where the jury has refused to convict in such cases where they believe that it was in the public interest to disclose the dirty tricks used by a government department. This is not a case of official secrets, this is a case of political embarrassment for the government.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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