UK Iraq Inquiry hears that spy agency cut corners (AP)

LONDON ? A former British intelligence official says the country's spy agency cut corners while collecting evidence to back the government's case for the war in Iraq.

The Iraq Inquiry headed by Sir John Chilcot on Thursday released an edited transcript of testimony from the former spy, whose name was not released. The ex-spy said his agency, MI6, validated intelligence that was later withdrawn after sources were deemed unreliable.

He said MI6 was "probably too eager to please" the government and that pressure to generate results "did lead to the cutting of corners."

The inquiry is examining mistakes made before and after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

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