Recommendation 14

We have considered the circumstances of the meeting held on 1 September and note the proximity of the Crown Prosecution Service decision to discontinue the case two days later. We did not find evidence of improper influence or deliberate efforts to obstruct the prosecution. We note in particular that First Senior Treasury Counsel had already concluded more than a week earlier that the Deputy National Security Adviser’s evidence was insufficient to proceed to trial. (Conclusion, Paragraph 93) Role of the Attorney General