i wrote to dominique reaves to say just that. these decisions are in no way made likely. it is one of the most difficult decisions any prime minister has to make. you have important legal advice and that legal advice and the legality of the act and the actions we take has to be reviewed. it is not just a bit of legal advice given. it would be unthinkable to give had extensive legal oversight of these actions but that is what takes place and rightly so because these are important decisions. >> i wrote you in november and got a reply and it is amazing what these hearings can have on -- that is very kind of you. you could not get it in before christmas. but what i derive from the answer is you are not actually giving the ifc what they need to do their job properly and i want to go through what i think that might consist of. this was a military operation, wasn't it? >> it was an operation in defense of the united kingdom to protect us against attack. you can put whatever labor on it you like. >> you received scrutiny haven't you? >> no, i haven't. i said they could look at th