"If you dismantle the process of scrutinizing MI6's intelligence so that it is no longer subject to the rigor of testing it, you do it with one purpose only because you're satisfied with what they're telling you," he says. "And Tony Blair was thrilled or satisfied with Dielove's report that Saddam had WMDs." He adds: "So I don't know why you said what you said?"

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