i said it perhaps to mr. blair in september 2002 privately, but not publicly. >> he added that, at the time, he believed that the controversial british dossier was plausible. but he was critical of the way british and american intelligence services had relied on the evidence of iraqi defectors. >> they should have realized, both in london and in washington, that their sources were pouor. defectors when to give them intelligence and get rewards and they will give them what they think interrogators were to hear. >> but in a post-9 lashed -- post-9/11, the u.s. was hot and military courts they felt that they could get away with it and it decided it would do so. >> they felt that military action could be avoided. >> i have never questioned the good faith of mr. blair or bush or anyone else. what a question is the good judgment, both bush and blair. >> he told the inquiry that about a month before the invasion, he won a tony blair that things had changed and that there might not be any wmd's after all. by then, late was

. >> i never questioned the good faith of mr. blair. what i questioned was a good judgment of bush. >> he told the inquiry one month before the invasion he warned tony blair things had changed and there might not be any wmd;s, but it was too late. britain was a prisoner on the u.s. train. >> an american watchdog criticized the military for failing to account properly for $9 billion of iraqi money. the money consisted of the proceeds from the sale of iraqi oil and gas, as well as assets. the u.s. military says funds went mrs. -- records may have gone lost. bangladesh doubled the minimum wage for workers in the garment industry. take-home pay will increase to $40 a month. there have been a violent clashes in recent months with workers complaining of poor conditions. the garment industry produces 80% of the country's exports. american and south korean forces are taking part in joint military exercises. they have been taking place at sea and in the air. they involved the dozens of ships and thousands of personnel. a south african judge found

for secret talks with colonel qaddafi just days after denying he was an advisor to the dictator mr blair was entertained as a brother and they discussed a wide range of international and domestic issues including lucrative investment opportunities. yeah. so we heard tony blair now works for j.p. morgan we're talking about dictators we're talking about these elite these neo futile monarchs who control the world who control our financial systems. and it brings you also it ties together with david cameron who was just in the in the united states last week according to david corn who's the mother jones washington correspondent look at his twitter cameron asked about b.p. lockerby roll role of b.p. is for b.p. to explain shoots down need for inquiry into b.p. lockerbie yes max in the united states apparently senators and congresspeople want an investigation into b.p. because they're shocked to discover that the terrorist who was accused or charged with downing the lockerbie plane pan am flight one hundred three hundred ninety americans died yes their only now saying oh we're shocked that b.p.

mr. blair's solution was to create another team to run down every important lead, telling congress that he needed more money and analysts to prevent a mistake. more is often the summit -- the solution of leaders of the enterprise. the department of homeland security ask for more equipment, although it cannot find enough qualified people to fill its intelligence unit right now." florida, diana, independent line. caller: good morning. i do not think that we are safer and all. these agencies have gotten so big that they are not communicating. it has invaded our civil-rights. the gulf catastrophe is essentially a matter of national security. the only things those officers are doing is keeping the media away. as anderson cooper stated, our civil rights have been suspended by security agencies, preventing people from getting close to this issue. that is where i stand. host: maine, democratic line, royal. hello. caller: how are you? host: fine, thank you. are these agencies keeping us save? caller: it is difficult for us to know, but the question of redundancy is something that we need to think a

mr. prime minister, first of all, would you be prepared to talk to your predecessors, tony blair and gordon brown, to get there agreements to release any documents if they are relevant to the paper search that the cabinet secretary will undergo? and, mr. president, can i ask you -- the prime minister says he opposes an inquiry. hillary clinton has demanded an inquiry. where do you stand? >> well, first of all, on the documents, the proper process here is that the cabinet secretary should look back over this decision and the circumstances surrounding it, should identify those documents that should be published. it should be right that ministers in the previous government should be consulted about the publication of those documents. and, of course, we will consult with them over that. but in my view, there is absolutely no harm to be done in giving the fullest possible explanation of the circumstances surrounding this decision. i think the key thing, though, to remember is that in the end it was a decision by the scottish executive. on the issue of an inquiry, as i said, i'm not currently min