The New Direction for Security in a Post-Hutton World
Jun 2004, Vol. 149, No. 3
By Richard Wilson
Lord Wilson of Dinton, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, argues in this article (based on a talk given to RUSI on 15 January 2004, before the Hutton Report was published, which takes no account of events since then) that in any rational world Hutton would be a sideshow. It is an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding one man’s death. It has incidentally provided insights into how the centre of government works and how the media including the BBC operate; but it does not on the face of it have much of a claim to be creating a New Direction for Security with capital letters. There are three matters on which he argues, however, that we may expect to see a new focus in security as the third chapter opens, post-Hutton, although they do not have much to do with Hutton: first, the role of the armed forces; second, the fight against the spread of weapons of mass destruction; and third, the growing threat of international terrorism.
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By Richard Wilson
Lord Wilson of Dinton, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, argues in this article (based on a talk given to RUSI on 15 January 2004, before the Hutton Report was published, which takes no account of events since then) that in any rational world Hutton would be a sideshow. It is an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding one man’s death. It has incidentally provided insights into how the centre of government works and how the media including the BBC operate; but it does not on the face of it have much of a claim to be creating a New Direction for Security with capital letters. There are three matters on which he argues, however, that we may expect to see a new focus in security as the third chapter opens, post-Hutton, although they do not have much to do with Hutton: first, the role of the armed forces; second, the fight against the spread of weapons of mass destruction; and third, the growing threat of international terrorism.
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