ably ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁deb ates ▁with ▁Christopher ▁H itch ens , ▁Leon ▁Wies elt ier , ▁Michael ▁Ign atie ff , ▁David ▁Fr um , ▁William ▁Krist ol ▁and ▁others . ▁He ▁reported ▁from ▁Ira q ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁length y ▁dispatch es ▁including ▁" I ra q : ▁How ▁Not ▁to ▁Win ▁a ▁War " ▁( Se ptember ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ), ▁" Del us ions ▁in ▁Bag hd ad " ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ), ▁and ▁" The ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁Im ag ination " ▁( Dec ember ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ). ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁D anner ▁wrote ▁an ▁ess ay ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁accomp any ing ▁the ▁first ▁American ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁so - called ▁" Down ing ▁Street ▁Mem o ", ▁the ▁le aked ▁minutes ▁of ▁a ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁meeting ▁of ▁high - level ▁British ▁officials ▁that ▁confirmed ▁that ▁when ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁debate ▁over ▁whether ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁war ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁" the ▁intelligence ▁and ▁facts ▁were ▁being ▁fixed ▁around ▁the ▁policy ," ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁Ira q ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁a ▁for eg one ▁conclusion . ▁The ▁ess ay ▁prov oked ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁responses ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁two ▁subsequent ▁ess ays , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁collected , ▁along