Re: Mission to exonerate

[Mark Jones <jones118@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 20/08/2001 11:58, Michael Keaney wrote:


> One arm of government, the SIS,
> knew all about the Hindujas' dodgy dealings including the Bofors
> scandal, but none of this leaked out to the Home Office in time to
> affect the Hindujas' application for citizenship, which was turned down
> for quite different reasons.
>
> It now emerges that at the time he was writing his report, Sir Anthony
> Hammond was starting his job as legal adviser to a company whose
> boardroom was full of former intelligence spooks and Foreign Office
> civil servants, at least one of whom had worked alongside Peter
> Mandelson. The Eye asked the Cabinet Office, which publishes the
> biennial report of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments,
> whether in the circumstances the appointment of Sir Anthony Hammond to
> conduct the Hinduja inquiry had been appropriate. The reply was
> predictable: "We don't have any comment."

This Bofors business is as fishy as hell, and the real truth remains to be
uncovered IMO.

Where is the Eye getting its leads from, BTW?

Interesting.

Mark Jones