Attorney General told to reveal advice information on legality of Iraq war

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article584710.ece

The Attorney General's office was ordered today to disclose information leading to his advice on the legality of invading Iraq in 2003.

Information Commissioner Richard Thomas upheld requests for an explanation of Lord Goldsmith's statement to Parliament on 17 March in that year.

In a letter to the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers, Mr Thomas said the Attorney General's confidential advice to the Government, on 7 March, had been "significantly more equivocal in nature".

He added: "There is a public interest in establishing the extent to which published statements are consistent with fuller advice that had been given."

The Attorney's General's office was served with an enforcement notice upholding complaints under the Freedom of Information Act.

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1. ruh roh.... n/t

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2. Anyone think they'll actually comply?

Executive privilege, attorney-client privilege, classified information, war on terra, we don't feel like it, blah blah blah.