Fooled Again?

Craig Murray was the British ambassador to our great ally, Uzbekistan. He wrote an internal memo about the outsourcing of torture and the cruelties of the Uzbek government. The memo hit the press and that was the end of Murray's career. Now he's commenting on Western policy in Central Asia and flogging a book.

On his website, he analyzes what has come out about the alleged plot to blow up airliners with liquid explosives. He has a number of interesting observations, for instance:

"None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb. None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not even have passports, which given the efficiency of the UK Passport Agency would mean they couldn't be a plane bomber for quite some time."

Now, before you jump to conclusions, read the whole post. You'll notice that Murray does not source his information, and he clearly has a very big axe to grind against the Blair government. But he does raise provocative questions.


A prediction: if the case against the alleged plotters does collapse, it will drive Blair from office and make Bush's current polling numbers look like the good old days.