Danes charged over Iraq war leaks

Two Danish newspaper journalists and a former intelligence officer have been charged with breaking secrecy laws over leaks about hidden weapons in Iraq.

Major Frank Soeholm Grevil told the reporters he had repeatedly informed Denmark's prime minister that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen made several statements to the opposite effect during the run-up to the war. Denmark sent a submarine and a warship to participate in the campaign.

Major Grevil is charged with breaching the official information act and the two journalists, Jesper Larsen and Michael Bjerre, are charged with exploiting information emerging from a crime.

The major told the reporters at the Berlingske Tidende newspaper he had sent 10 reports to the prime minister which concluded that the coalition was unlikely to find weapons of mass destruction.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3629311.stm

Got to love that Coalition!

:)

Wonder if they had a race to see who'd get there first?

Curling, anyone?
http://www.seminaire-sherbrooke.qc.ca/activites/2002-2003/Curling06022003/page_01.htm

ordering denmark to remove their submarine from musLim waters.

It's kind of funny, because the Danish government is admitting that the intelligence that Iraq had no WMDs is an official secret, so they're admitting they lied to the Danish people and believe covering up the lie serves their national security interests.

Can this whole situation get any more corrupt?

especially when his news uncovers your lies.

So there apparently WAS a coordinated effort to deceive not only Americans but the world. People in positions of power ignored their own intelligence reports in favor of the big lie.