The widely reported story in La Republicca raises a question concerning the complicity of Blair's government in passing on the forgeries. Blair's intelligence service surely knew it was a forgery, just as the CIA did. It is hard to believe that Blair was not informed of this. Yet, the Blair government supported the forgeries, and their support was cited as independent confirmation of the charge that Iraq was making efforts to acquire yellowcake.
My question: can the Blair government survive the revelation of this information?