[Nick Danger]

What do we know about this memo?

The memo documents a discussion within Blair's cabinet concerning how they are going to respond to British domestic political issues surrounding the war in Iraq. They know they will have to go the UN route (to satisfy British public opinion), while the NSC in the US thinks it's a waste of time (which it was).

What the lefties think are 'smoking guns' are interpretations of events as seen by the Brits. For example, the lefties think this is a Smoking Gun:

Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.

Note that the last sentence is a conclusion drawn by Mystery Figure "C" who is reporting on his trip to Washington. C is not claiming that "they told me they are fitting the facts and the intelligence around the policy." Yet this is the conclusion the lefties have jumped to, and now they would like the Press-Democrat to broadcast their interpretation of the memo as if it were fact.

The danger, of course, is that the Press-Democrat will do just that.

[Canard]

" Note that the last sentence is a conclusion drawn by Mystery Figure "C" who is reporting on his trip to Washington"

"C" is not a mystery figure, it is the traditional way of referring to the head of MI6. At the time the office holder was Sir Richard Dearlove.