Actually, as long as we are being picky, the word was not changed to "must" -- I was mistaken in my memory -- the whole sentence was rewritten positively. While we are at it -- Jonathan Powell, the Downing Street chief of staff, suggested that the dossier drop the statement that Saddam would only deploy his weapons of mass destruction "if he believed his regime was under threat". Guess what? It did. Saddam now becomes a rogue monster on the loose.

And what was Alaistair Campbell doing chairing a meeting of the Intelligence Committee? No politics there.

yours,

Peter T.