"Mike O'sullivan" wrote in message
...
They "as good as" did nothing of the sort. Blair followed the normal
policy
of not commenting one way or the other about any allegations relating to
the
security services. Once ministers start commenting about such drivel,
there
is no end to it.

Rather he used a weasley excuse to dodge an awkward question. He owes his
public an answer on something that is very definitely in the public interest
to know. He's a snake, and not even a very convincing one.

Si