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...Dissent: Liability Necessitates...
...judged that risk was less than that of giving Saddam more time to forge a link between terrorists and his wmds - but one risk he avoided was letting M.P.s and the public in on the internal debate. The committee drew blood from Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. He testified that dissent about the dossier among Ministry of Defence analysts was minimal, despite knowing that two had written formal complaints. Only when these letters were going to Lord Hutton's inquiry into the death of weapons expert David Kelly did they arrive at the committee - a sequence it judged "unhelpful and potentially...
JOHN SCARLETT Head of the Joint Intelligence Committee He said he was unaware of any dissent among intelligence analysts about the dossier. But Brian Jones, a retired analyst, said complaints were rife, and that the dossier was "over-egged." Another serving analyst, testifying by audio as "Mr. A," agreed...
...hear this from AM radio, which is packed with angry men with chain-saw voices chewing into liberals 24/7, or from Ann Coulter, who is selling the old Stalinist line that dissent equals disloyalty. Or from the aging adolescents at Fox News, who enjoy peeing in the political swimming pool. But when you get among the real people who are actually engaged in public life, they tend to be well-mannered and respectful of the process and the humanity of those who take part. That's the difference between entertainment and politics. Of course, the Terminator could choose...
...Royston Tan respectfully disagrees, and he has the footage to support his dissent. The 26-year-old director's new film, 15, explores the dark side of the Singapore story. Shot with a cast of actual public-housing kids rather than actors, 15 mixes graphic realism with quick-cutting, music video-style camerawork to reveal what it's like to be young, alone and angry in a city that refuses to acknowledge your existence. The movie sold out its initial run at this year's Singapore Film Festival, took home many of the major awards and was recently selected...