'Intelligence bosses ignored experts' doubts over Iraq's WMD'

Intelligence chiefs ignored warnings from their own leading experts that they could not be certain Iraq had chemical and biological weapons, an ex-intelligence official who gave crucial evidence to the Hutton Inquiry claimed today.

'Intelligence bosses ignored experts' doubts over Iraq's WMD'

Intelligence chiefs ignored warnings from their own leading experts that they could not be certain Iraq had chemical and biological weapons, an ex-intelligence official who gave crucial evidence to the Hutton Inquiry claimed today.

Dr Brian Jones, a former branch head in the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS), said that the most senior intelligence officials may have ā€œmisinterpretedā€ key evidence on Iraq’s weapons programmes.

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