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BAE Pwned?
The UK High Court has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office acted unlawfully in calling off its investigation into BAE Systems arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The case was brought by Campaign Against Arms Trade and The Cornerhouse.
(See here and here for some of my previous posts on the subject.)
Not sure yet whether this means they'll have to re-open it (of course it wasn't the SFO's decision, except in the technical sense, it was Blair's), but still very good news, and many congratulations to Ann and Nick and all the others at CAAT who have put a monumental amount of work into this. Having been involved myself on the Steering Committee in CAAT's decision-making around this (and in particular on the BAE spying subplot), very pleased on a personal level too.
Update: Aha, surprisingly enough Yahoo News comes through before the Beeb or the Grauniad. Judges to make further ruling on what happens next. Most likely that SFO will have to reconsider the decision. Nick G. also replied to my querying text with: "Nature of court intervention still argue but fantastic win nevertheless!" Indeed!
Tags: arms trade, caat, corruption, wolfram & hart (uk)
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![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/19583817/961489) | | From: | ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) atreic |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 10:07 am (UTC) |
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Woot!
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/53122442/948446) | | From: | smhwpf |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 09:20 pm (UTC) |
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Yay!
Should you woot on something like this on a public post? ;-)
| | From: | atreic |
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| Date: | April 11th, 2008 08:46 am (UTC) |
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*Ponders*
I'm not sure. I will w00t more quietly in future :-)
Yay! Oh, that's fantastic news. :-D
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/14899425/948446) | | From: | smhwpf |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 09:21 pm (UTC) |
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'tis indeed. We're getting quite a good record going here on court cases.
When d'you head off north btw?
Ya dancer!
[Cue barbaric yawp]
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/8890613/948446) | | From: | smhwpf |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 09:23 pm (UTC) |
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[adds equally barbaric ululation]
Almost makes up for Arsenal going out of the Champions League.
I'd've thought Liverpool going through did that...
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/369061/191865) | | From: | lizw |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 04:09 pm (UTC) |
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I thought of you when I saw that come by at work today. Well done!
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/30787786/948446) | | From: | smhwpf |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 09:23 pm (UTC) |
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Thanks!
Good stuff! Am sure you have seen it, but the Beeb story has got prime listing on the Politics page, and is on the top of the listings to the right hand side of the news front page. (For comparison, the three top stories are the Bank of England lowering interest rates; Mugabe and Tsvangirai planning to attend a summit together; 7/7 friends helping to find targets for bombings by visiting tourist attractions.)
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/14899445/948446) | | From: | smhwpf |
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| Date: | April 10th, 2008 09:26 pm (UTC) |
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Yep. Been following regularly for any updates!
Seems the judges had the same thought to the government's defence as me: "Soooo... we do give in to threats of terrorism now??" |
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