Even more important, the political pressure brought to bear on the intelligence community to strengthen the dossier, in particular in relation to the 45-minute claim and the existence of weapons of mass destruction, was totally improper.
Boaden became the BBC's first female director of news in 2004, six months after the publication of Hutton report, which was heavily critical of the corporation's journalism in relation to the Iraq war dossier and led the resignation of the corporation's director general Greg Dyke and chairman Gavyn Davies.
Oh, and before any of you start bleating or tweeting "dodgy dossier", the accusations against me of lying, deceit and misinformation in relation to Iraq have been thoroughly investigated by three inquiries (we await the fourth), and I have been cleared by all of them.
After delivering a lengthy if not very persuasive defense of the September dossier, he launched an impassioned assault on the BBC's reporting, declaring, "I simply say, in relation to the BBC story: It is a lie, it was a lie.
And in relation to America?
In relation to energy companies, Which?
"Before any of you start bleating or tweeting 'dodgy dossier', the accusations against me of lying, deceit and misinformation in relation to Iraq have been thoroughly investigated by three inquiries (we await the fourth) and I have been cleared by all of them".
In relation to interest rates?
What was it in relation to?
Data were expressed in relation to GADPH.
