Brian Jones (intelligence analyst)

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Brian Francis Gill Jones (24 August 1944 – 10 February 2012) was a UK metallurgist who worked as an intelligence analyst, was skeptical of claims of Iraqi WMD and gave evidence concerning the justification for the Iraq war.

Intelligence career

Jones was a

weapons of mass destruction. He was credited for being sceptical of the WMD claims regarding Iraq.[1][2][3][4]

Evidence

Having spent most of his career in the deliberately low-profile world of nuclear energy and then in intelligence work, he came to public notice in the summer of 2003 when, shortly after his retirement from the MoD, he gave evidence to the

Air Marshal Sir Joe French or the Joint Intelligence Committee.[5]

Following his retirement and appearance before the Hutton enquiry, Jones went on to give evidence to both the

Sir John Chilcot as his evidence to that enquiry.[7]

Post retirement

Following his retirement, Jones returned to academia, becoming a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at

Southampton University;[8] he also lectured at the Royal United Services Institute in London.[9]

Jones died on 10 February 2012 following a short illness.[1]

Jones became the subject of a BBC Radio 4 drama in March 2013. He was played by

Richard E Grant in "The Iraq Dossier" by David Morley.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Richard Norton-Taylor (20 February 2012). "Brian Jones obituary | Politics". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Brian Jones: How a dedicated civil servant may change everything - Commentators - Voices". The Independent. London. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2012.[dead link]
  3. ^ "New cover-up claims in WMD dodgy dossier - News - London Evening Standard". Thisislondon.co.uk. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ^ - Tuesday (28 September 2012). "A religious state is now an anachronism - The National". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  5. ^ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Hutton Inquiry - Report by Lord Hutton". The-hutton-inquiry.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  6. ^ Failing Intelligence
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
  8. ^ "Mountbatten Centre for International Studies Staff - Dr Brian Jones". Mcis.soton.ac.uk. 22 May 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Failing Intelligence: How We Were Led to War in Iraq". RUSI. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  10. ^ Morley, David (26 March 2013). "How Radio 4 Reopened The Iraq Dossier". The Guardian. London.
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