A secret memo from the office of prime minister Tony Blair - written in July 2002 but leaked to the British press earlier this month - calls into question the Bush administration’s motive for war in Iraq. We look at its current significance, and why the memo has received minimal press coverage here in the U.S.
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The Downing Street Memo
Listen Wednesday, May. 18, 2005 at 1:06 p.m. in Conflict, PoliticsGuests
Michael Binyon
Editorial Writer and Foreign Affairs Specialist for The London Times
Walter Pincus
National Security Affairs writer for The Washington Post
Danielle Pletka
Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
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