AP Gets Its Memo On

The Associated Press has a Downing Street story out today covering a variety of documents. Money quote:

Toby Dodge, an Iraq expert who teaches at Queen Mary College, University of London, said the [leaked UK gov't] documents confirmed what post-invasion investigations have found.

"The documents show what official inquiries in Britain already have, that the case of weapons of mass destruction was based on thin intelligence and was used to inflate the evidence to the level of mendacity," Dodge said. "In going to war with Bush, Blair defended the special relationship between the two countries, like other British leaders have. But he knew he was taking a huge political risk at home. He knew the war's legality was questionable and its unpopularity was never in doubt."