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Critics Say MI6 Appointment Tainted

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From: AP Online
Date: 20040506
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-06-2004
Dateline: LONDON
The author of a disputed British intelligence dossier on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that laid out the case for war was chosen Thursday to head Britain's MI6 spy agency.

Opposition politicians said John Scarlett should not have been appointed while a government inquiry is probing why Iraq did not have the fearsome chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs cited as a cause for war.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended the appointment, saying Scarlett was chosen on merit.

"He is someone who is a fine ...

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