It is simply not true that the Government did not touch the dossier, it was involved up to its eye teeth in it. We know that, just as one example, Alaistair Campbell had the Intelligence Committee change: "The Iraq military may be able to deploy chemical or biological weapons within 45 minutes of an order to do so" to "The Iraq military must...". This was in spite of internal protests from Brian Jones and others about the single sourcing of this. The intelligence committee chiefs were in constant contact, and under constant pressure from Downing Street to sex up the dossier -- "to go through the presentational aspects" to quote one of Campbell's lovely euphemisms -- which they did.   

yours,

Peter T.