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In testimony that was kept secret until now by the British Official Secrets Act, Ross said, "at no time did HMG [Her Majesty's Government] assess that Iraq's WMD (or any other capability) posed a threat to the UK or its interests.
And British Attorney General Peter Goldsmith, citing his country's Official Secrets Act, oxymoronically declared an official secret what has got to be 2005's most talked about memo.
Following the creation of these tiny offices, a new Official Secrets Act was enacted in 1911 that gave the fledgling intelligence bureau much greater power to investigate suspected espionage and to gather surveillance data.
 
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