British Defense Minister Jack Straw has officially vetoed publication of British Cabinet minutes about the run-up to the Iraq war.
That action is a first under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act.
And, here’s your hypocrisy alert pull quote:
He added that the public interest in disclosure of the minutes could not "supplant the public interest in maintaining the integrity of our system of government.”
Actually, Jack, I think you just threw government integrity under the bus.
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