GILLIGAN IMPLODES

All that’s left of his claim that the Blair government deliberately inserted evidence it knew not to be true and generally sexed up the Iraq dossier against the wishes of the intelligence services is that some intelligence analysts were uneasy about the presentation of he data. Money quote: “Appearing at the inquiry for a second time Wednesday, Gilligan said he had not intended to give the impression the government had lied. ‘The allegation I intended to make was a spin. I do regret those words … and I shouldn’t have used them.'” He also admits wrongful leaking. He’s toast. So are the conspiracy theorists.