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1. Now THERE’S a surprise… I wonder if the Government is hoping this will all go away if they refuse to comment for long enough…

   Comment by PapaLazzzaru — 2 Mar 2004 on 11:00 am | Link

2. Short and to the point, if only it was always so.

   (Short… gettit? Oh, what’s the use.)

   Comment by pid — 2 Mar 2004 on 11:40 am | Link

3. Am I right in thinking the general public can nominate people for royal honours (OBE, MBE, etc)?

   If so, how do we go about nominating Clare Short for an OBE for Services To The Public Interest?

   Comment by ADH — 2 Mar 2004 on 11:44 am | Link

4. Even if in this case there may be some justification for Short’s infringement of the Official Secrets Act, it sets a dangerous precedent. How long until a British agent gets killed or imprisoned because some fool thought that it would be "in the public interest" to disclose some sensitive information?

   That’s quite apart from the fact that **everybody** spies on the UN. The rest of the world’s intelligence agencies must be laughing there heads off.

   Comment by Peter — 2 Mar 2004 on 12:22 pm | Link

5. I think it’s about time that Clare start cleaning her own kitchen before she starts blabbing her mouth. I have lived in Birmingham for for 29 years, I use to live not far from her, and even then she could no keep her mouth shut. She cannot be trusted to keep secrets, and all those British and American soldiers lives could be lost because of her. She calls her self British? I am sure there are more foreigners who would class themselves more of being British than she could. I always say, if you cannot support your country, then find somewhere else to go.

   Comment by Maureen — 2 Mar 2004 on 12:30 pm | Link

6. Ah, Maureen, unthinking and unquestioning obedience, just what your country really needs…

   Comment by Matt — 2 Mar 2004 on 1:11 pm | Link

7. I don’t really understand why people are
   surprised that the UK and the US are bugging the
   UN – it’s meant to be the most bugged place on earth.

   What surprises me is that people are not looking at the legal basis for the war in Iraq – did the uk and us act illegaly and if so, whos going to do the time for the crime?

   Comment by Ronan — 2 Mar 2004 on 1:43 pm | Link

8. Hello Papa, It’s Dave! Can I be your wife now?

   I have been led to believe that many of the weapons inspectors in Iraq were working for two masters anyway, and it sometimes got a bit hairy, allegedly, especially when the chief weapons inspector fancied a ride in a different UN jeep than designated!!!

   As for Claire Short,whatever she says will have the smack of sour grapes, but a little bit of evidence would satisfy my curious mind…

   Comment by Zippy — 2 Mar 2004 on 1:59 pm | Link

9. The whole business of spys and the UN urgently needs clearing up.

   The Iraqis under Saddam believed that they were being spied on by UN inspectors – and they were.

   Richard Butler (although an Australian) turns out to have worked for the US security services, and some of the inspectors under him have admitted that they were spying. Location of oil reserves is prized information and well worth stealing – a rogue nation might even go out there and seize it all!

   Comment by Tom Rawlinson — 2 Mar 2004 on 6:28 pm | Link

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