Five years ago today, Richard Dearlove, the head of Britain's MI-6, returned to Britain from Washington and reported on his meetings to Tony Blair's cabinet. Here are the minutes of that cabinet meeting by Matthew Rycroft, who (in James Bond fashion) identifies Dearlove as "C":

C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.

There is the whole Iraq fiasco in a nutshell, 3 full months before Bush bullied Congress into authorizing his "use of military force" against Iraq.

To mark the 5th Anniversary of the Downing Street Memo, we launched the Orange Revolution, and I'm liveblogging from Orange Revolution HQ in a secret undisclosed location. Here's what's happening:

• Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson, and a cast of thousands are marching from Arlington Cemetary to Rep. John Conyers' office to demand impeachment, and will conduct a sit-in for as long as it takes for Conyers to say yes. Reports expected shortly...
• On Friday, Conyers told Progressive Democrats of America that he needs the support of "3 more Members" to start impeachment. Democrats.com and our allies are calling our Representatives today to urge them to co-sponsor H.Res. 333, Articles of Impeachment for Dick Cheney. Have you called your Representative yet? 202-224-3121
• Sit-ins are also being held at the offices of Reps. Pete Visclosky in Merrillville, IN. There are also rallies in Federal Way, WA.
• The world wide web is turning orange. The Big Pumpkin is AfterDowningStreet.org. The Daily Gotham looks great in Orange - thanks Bouldin!
• Are you wearing orange today? After today's kickoff, we'll be wearing orange every Friday.
• CODEPINK Women for Peace and Breasts Not Bombs aren't wearing orange or anythese else - they are baring their breasts in San Francisco to persuade Pelosi and Hillary to end the war and impeach Bush and Cheney.
• The Madison (WI) Impeachment Coalition and Impeachforpeace.org of Wisconsin are staging a Street Theatre Event Focusing on Torture and Impeachment.
• ImpeachForPeace.org is heading to Washington DC for meetings with Reps. Robert Wexler (FL), Maxine Waters (CA), Adam Schiff (CA), and Debra Wasserman Schultz (FL) - all members of the House Judiciary Committee
• Russ Feingold wants to Censure Bush and Cheney, which of course would accomplish nothing. Feingold is getting attacked from left, right, and center. Hey Russ - 54% of Americans want to Impeach Cheney First!
• Dan Gerstein wants Howard Dean to stab the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party in the back by leading the charge against impeachment, starting with a blog on OpenLeft.com. Gerstein sure knows Democrats - he's the consultant who led Joe Lieberman to a shocking defeat in the Democratic primary against Ned Lamont! 
• Newsday's legendary columnist Jimmy Breslin supports impeachment.
• Bush locked Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) out of the Capitol's top-secret "bubbleroom" to keep him from reviewing Bush's secret plan for operating the government after a "terrorist" attack. Are you paranoid yet?
• Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell confirmed the Downing Street Memo on Meet the Press: “My sense of it is their political faith and convictions influenced how they took information and interpreted [it], how they picked up and interpreted outside events. … I’ve read much more about the current set of players and they did set up a whole new interpretation because they didn’t like the answers. They’ve gotten results that in my view now have been disastrous,”