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The Downing Street memo (or the Downing Street Minutes), sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the smoking gun memo, is the note of a 23 July 2002 secret meeting [1] [2] of senior British government, defence and intelligence figures discussing the build-up to the war, which included direct reference to classified United States policy of the time.
Michael Smith (born 1952) is a British author who specializes in spies and espionage. [1] He is also a former member of the board of the Bletchley Park Trust. [2]Smith is a former soldier and journalist best known for obtaining and publishing the documents collectively known as The Downing Street Memos.
It was in this capacity that Rycroft issued the "Downing Street memo". During his time in Downing Street, in 2003, he was made a CBE. [4] From March 2005 to July 2008, Rycroft served as Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2008, he was appointed EU Director in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and then, in 2011, he became Chief ...
In May 2005 Danner wrote an essay for The New York Review accompanying the first American publication of the so-called "Downing Street Memo", the leaked minutes of a July 2002 meeting of high-level British officials that confirmed that when it came to the debate over whether to go to war in Iraq, "the intelligence and facts were being fixed ...
Visitors' books from Downing Street signed by some of the most famous figures in recent history have been made public for the first time. World leaders and members of the Royal Family are among ...
On June 16, 2005, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) assembled an unofficial meeting to discuss the Downing Street memo and to consider grounds for impeachment. Conyers filed a resolution on December 18, 2005, to create an investigative committee to consider impeachment.
The last time Mr Obama visited Downing Street was eight years ago in 2016. The former president met with then prime minister David Cameron at Number 10 for talks ahead of the Brexit vote.
On February 5, 2003, the Secretary of State of the United States Colin Powell gave a PowerPoint presentation [1] [2] to the United Nations Security Council.He explained the rationale for the Iraq War which would start on March 19, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq.