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Gordon Carrera

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The Rest Is Entertainment
Marina Is Wrong About The Best Bond Theme

Plus, in a declassified club exclusive, we are joined by three people who are at the heart of the decision to go to war.

The Rest Is Entertainment
Marina Is Wrong About The Best Bond Theme

Former head of MI6, Richard Dearlove, Tony Blair's former communications director, Alistair Campbell, and former acting head of the CIA, Michael Morrell.

The Rest Is Entertainment
Marina Is Wrong About The Best Bond Theme

Thank you so much for those.

The Rest Is Classified
156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

We are going to start with the UK, but we will get to the US.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Don't worry.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

I should say, we're coming back to the CIA.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Yeah, the CIA won't get away with this one.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

But it is interesting, isn't it?

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Because I think you're absolutely right that what's so interesting is it's both intelligence services, but it's also, as we'll see in the next couple of episodes as well, the way in which the US and UK interact, which is really, really interesting in this

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

business is the same, especially when you're building or growing a team.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

It's the risks you can't see or don't understand.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

HP designs technology so devices, collaboration tools and security work together as a single system, helping teams keep everything running smoothly at home, in the office and out in the field.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

With a team of business advisors, HP helps businesses of all sizes find technology that fits their needs and budget.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Let's start with the UK.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

So the idea of making a public case actually first arrives back in April 2002, when the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, John Scarlett, former MI6 officer, meets with someone called Alastair Campbell.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

I don't know what happened to him, who was Tony Blair's director of communications.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

He's faded into obscurity in the two plus decades since.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Yeah.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Everyone's got a podcast, David.

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156. The Road to Iraq: Tony Blair's Campaign for War (Ep 4)

Don't say that.