Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: Engari i te whai i te tohutohu a Wood, i whai nga minita o te kāwanatanga i te tohutohu a Lord Goldsmith, i taua wā ko ia te Attorney General for England and Wales. Ko Goldsmith, e whakaritea ana kia puta ki mua i te Rangahau i tenei Wenerei, i tohutohu ki a Straw kia kaua e hiahiatia he whakataunga tuarua a te UN ki te whakaeke, i runga i te raupapa o nga whakataunga a te UN e hoki ana ki te mutunga o te
Gulf War, ahakoa i korerotia e ia ki te Pirimia - i nga ra noa iho i mua atu - kia tatari mo tetahi atu whakataunga UN, ko te paahitanga o era atu mema o te Kaunihera Haumaru i akiakihia e raatau i nga wiki i mua o te whakaekenga. Heoi, e mārama ana a Wood, ko te whakatau whakamutunga e pā ana ki te ture o te pakanga kei te Kawana Matua, ehara i a ia.