Meanwhile, a formal inquiry into the Iraq war (the fifth by some counts) that began in July 2009 is continuing, headed by a retired Whitehall mandarin, Sir John Chilcot.

与此同时，由前白厅官员约翰·齐尔考特爵士领导的，对伊拉克战争的正式调查(法庭进行的第五次)开始于2009年7月，现在仍在继续。

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Lady Neville-Jones said the separate Privy Counsellor review of intercept, led by Sir John Chilcot, "must not just be left to moulder for ever".

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Only Sir John Chilcot, who retired as permanent under-secretary of the Northern Ireland office on the day the commission was announced, is not on record with a view.

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Sir John Chilcot has said the report into his inquiry, which featured 18 months of public hearings between 2009 and early 2011, will not be published before the middle of this year at the earliest.

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