Same again

In this week's New Statesman, Brian Jones, formerly of the Defence Intelligence Staff, says that Whitehall appears to have learned just about nothing from the Iraq dossier debacle:

Thus, five years after the tragic death of David Kelly, little has changed. Both components of Whitehall, political and official, have ducked all criticism, appearing to have learnt little from the Iraq experience. Something similar could all too easily happen again.

I also get a mention in the piece.