Daily Kos :: Downing Street Evidence -- Washington Post Refuses to Cover Story

Daily Kos :: Downing Street Evidence -- Washington Post Refuses to Cover Story

Downing Street Evidence -- Washington Post Refuses to Cover Story
by Apian
Tue May 10th, 2005 at 15:17:37 PDT

It's a great day to be alive. Readers are demanding that the Washington Post cover the story of the Downing Street evidence, and the paper is refusing. Not because the evidence is unauthenticated ior unnewsworthy. But because it is that explosive and damning. A story too big to cover?

There is a news blackout on the UK's Attorney General's opinion on the illegality of the war on Iraq, and liability for prosecution in the International Criminal Court. Bush's fatal error in the rush to war was that he did not order Blair to un-sign the UK membership in the ICC. If Blair is brought up on war crimes charges, his ally will also be tried. Either Tony Blair takes the fall, or he starts naming names.

As it was Downing Street that released both the minutes of the July 23, 2002 war intelligence meeting, and the Goldsmith opinion, it looks like Blair is prepared to name names. In spite of the WaPo’s refusal to cover the Goldsmith legal opinion, the news is getting through this blockade. The reaction is a call for impeachment and prosecution for war crimes. These are interesting times to live through.