In March David Miliband, the foreign secretary, said the government was committed to holding a "comprehensive" inquiry into the conduct of the war and its aftermath.
After the meeting, Mr Mandelson said he had not ruled out such an inquiry, adding that he had received a "comprehensive briefing on the investigation".
"The appellate jurors conducted a thorough, painstaking, searching inquiry into the true facts and determined in a lengthy, logical and comprehensive decision that Amanda Knox was not guilty of the tragic loss of Meredith Kercher, " he said.
That inquiry was a research effort combining external academic rigor with professional military expertise to create the first comprehensive assessment of civilian protection.