MediaGuardian.co.uk | | Intelligence staff complaints on dossier were kept secret from MPs: "Dissent within the intelligence community over the government's Iraqi weapons dossier was kept secret from MPs despite Tony Blair's appeal that if there were any complaints they should come out into the open, the Hutton inquiry heard yesterday.
Andrew Caldecott QC, counsel for the BBC, pointed to an intervention by Mr Blair in the Commons on June 4. Mr Blair told MPs that allegations of disquiet were 'completely and totally untrue'. If people had any evidence they should 'actually produce it', he said.
The inquiry has heard that two members of the defence intelligence staff did make formal complaints about the language in the dossier, including the claim that Iraq could fire chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes. "
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