Howard-era files on Iraq war went missing due to ‘major breakdown’, inquiry finds
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6J7XS)
Inability of staff to inspect cabinet records means they were were not released to the national archives, as was usual
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A forgotten" box of cabinet records and a series of administrative errors are among the reasons why a tranche of Howard-era documents was mistakenly kept from public release earlier this year.
An independent review into why 82 cabinet records from 2003 were not handed to the national archives, released on Tuesday, found there was no political interference or influence at play.
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