Sir Lawrence Freedman : The importance of the dossier , of course , is in terms , in part , of its immediate political impact , and no doubt you are right to say that the general view that this was telling us what we already knew , but if it was , it was saying quite important ? that we had detailed intelligence on Iraqi WMD that led you to certain conclusions , and , therefore , in a sense , if it was considered old news , it was because you had already been successful in establishing that point of view .