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Theme : war
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FOI does its job shock
The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas yesterday ordered the release of minutes from the Cabinet meetings where military action against Iraq was discussed. Was he right? As a advocate of more rigorous application of freedom of information law and principles, I would argue yes, and that this is great news.
from : petebradwell
27th February 2008
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Arms length
Today is a day of action against DESO - the Defence Export Services Organisation. This is the government agency who decides which arms can get sold to where. So I suppose it can be seen as a regulator - stopping naughty and dangerous people getting naughty and dangerous weaponry - with the stated aim of Defence exports being 'strong export performance by the UK defence industry helps in the delivery of required defence capability to our armed forces in the most cost-effective manner,...
from : petebradwell
16th October 2006
