Brits even more secretive on Iraq than U.S.

British Defense Minister Jack Straw has officially vetoed publication of British Cabinet minutes about the run-up to the Iraq war.

That action is a first under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act.

And, here’s your hypocrisy alert pull quote:

He added that the public interest in disclosure of the minutes could not "supplant the public interest in maintaining the integrity of our system of government.”

Actually, Jack, I think you just threw government integrity under the bus.

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