Originally Posted by
T8191
Indeed. I worked in a sector where you got things sorted out properly before you started 'communicating'. In the days when I was writing briefs for the PM, SofS(Def), assorted people in the Cabinet Office and the Service Chiefs, I didn't say "I'll tell you the rest of it later ..."
Just saying ...

Er, isn't that pretty close to the sector that produced reports that caused our-then PM (Blair) to say:
"It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population; and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability..."