Is there any point to this Iraq inquiry?

I think I've answered my own question. Any testimony the government is comfortable with will be heard in open court. If there is anything the government (or Tony Blair) doesn't want us to know it will be heard in secret, or not at all. In time (at least a year we are now told) some anodyne report will be published that nproves nothing, exonerates everyone and promises to learn lessons from some of the minor cock-ups.

Heigh ho!