Introduction ...................................................................................................................
267
Roles and
responsibilities .............................................................................................
267
Cabinet ...................................................................................................................
267
Role of the
Civil
Service ..........................................................................................
269
The Cabinet
Secretary .....................................................................................
269
Permanent
Secretaries ....................................................................................
271
No.10 Chief
of
Staff ..........................................................................................
271
The
Security and Intelligence
Co-ordinator ......................................................
272
Departmental
roles ........................................................................................................
273
The Cabinet
Office ..................................................................................................
273
The Foreign
and Commonwealth Office .................................................................
276
The Secret
Intelligence Service and
C ...................................................................
278
Provision
of intelligence reports to key
customers ...........................................
279
The
Ministry of
Defence ..........................................................................................
282
Roles
within the
MOD ......................................................................................
285
The Chiefs
of Staff
Committee .........................................................................
286
The
Department for International
Development ......................................................
288
Decision-making
machinery pre-conflict .......................................................................
288
The Defence
and Overseas Policy
Committee .......................................................
288
The Ad Hoc
Meeting (the War
Cabinet) ..................................................................
290
Official-level
inter-departmental machinery ............................................................
295
The Joint
Intelligence
Committee .....................................................................
295
The Ad
Hoc Group on
Iraq ...............................................................................
298
COBR(R) ..........................................................................................................
300
Creation of
the Iraq Planning
Unit .................................................................................
302
Decision-making
machinery
post-invasion ....................................................................
306
The Ad Hoc
Ministerial Group on Iraq
Rehabilitation ..............................................
306
The Ad Hoc
Ministerial Group on
Iraq .....................................................................
307
The Defence
and Overseas Policy Committee
(Iraq) .............................................
308
265