Rather than quieting public discontent, the report—which "had stressed that it was judging the ministers' responsibility for security failings, not their parliamentary responsibility, which fell outside its mandate"—inflamed it.
I stedet for at lukke munden på offentligheden, betød rapporten, som "havde understreget, at den vurderede ministrenes ansvar for sikkerhedsmangler, ikke deres parlamentariske ansvar, som lå uden for dens mandat" at utilfredsheden voksede.