Time for George Micheal to sing *Shoot the Dog * again!!
The UK intelligence services are all in a panic, as they believe that Dr Kelly may have left a "ticking time bomb" behind...
*PANIC OVER DOCTOR'S 'KILLER FACT' *
SCIENTIST Dr David Kelly died a lonely and anguished death after slashing his left wrist with a knife and swallowing a packet of pain-killers, it emerged yesterday. The gruesome details of his suicide cast fresh light on the turmoil he suffered after becoming a pawn in the vicious row between Downing Street and the BBC over the so-called "sexed-up" Iraq dossier. Dr Kelly's life had become "intolerable" and all those involved should reflect "long and hard", his family said later. But the sheer horror his death has brought was plain to see yesterday. It was etched on the face of his widow Janice as she was driven to identify the body of her "honourable" husband in a hospital mortuary. Prime Minister Tony Blair, facing calls for his resignation from former Minister Glenda Jackson, looked ashen-faced as he was accused at a press conference in Japan of "having blood on his hands".
And as the PM struggled to compose himself, panicky MI5 officers were sweeping through the £750,000 home of the 59-year-old germ warfare expert near Abingdon, Oxon. An intelligence source said: "People are starting to put two and two together and they don't like what it is adding up to. There is absolute panic about what Dr Kelly may have left behind. It's a ticking time-bomb...they are desperate to find out what he has done". In an email to a journalist just hours before his death, the weapons expert told of "many dark actors playing games". It was also thought that on the afternoon of his suicide he made a call from a pay phone to a national newspaper, fearing that his own line was tapped.
Police said Dr Kelly bled to death in a field after slashing his wrist. He had taken a knife and a packet of pain-killing pills from the family home. A police spokesman said: "We have recovered a knife and an open packet of Co-proxamol tablets at the scene." Speculation was growing last night that Andrew Gilligan, the BBC journalist whose report accusing the Government of "sexing up" the Iraq war dossier, had decided to quit his job following Dr Kelly's suicide. Earlier Gilligan refused to answer questions as he returned to his home in South East London after being away all night. Meanwhile it emerged that in an interview given shortly before he gave evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Dr Kelly said he was appalled that his name had been released to the Press. "I am shocked," he said. "I was told the whole thing would be confidential." Ministry of Defence spin doctor Pam Teare yesterday admitted she had leaked Dr Kelly's name to the media. It also emerged that Dr Kelly's spiritual beliefs may have contributed to his decision to end his own life. The scientist was a member of the Bahai faith which does not regard suicide as a sin - but excuses it as a release from "sorrows and afflictions" when under terrible pressure. He converted to the religion four years ago when he was working in America. Police forensic teams yesterday removed Dr Kelly's computer and were checking phone records for evidence of any calls which may have driven him to suicide. But his friends and family said he had been left deeply upset by his mauling at the hands of MPs who, by comparison, gave Downing Street spin guru Alastair Campbell a much easier ride. One singled out "that prick" Andrew MacKinlay, the Labour backbencher whose abrasive questioning left Dr Kelly virtually speechless. Thurrock MP MacKinlay savaged the mild-mannered scientist, snapping at him: "You're chaff. You've been thrown up to divert our probing. Have you ever felt like the fall guy? I mean, you've been set up, haven't you." Friends said last night that it would be impossible to over-estimate the humiliation the brilliant scientist had felt at being treated like a simpleton. Mr MacKinlay yesterday issued an apology - and then went into hiding. He said: "I deeply regret Dr Kelly's death. I am sorry for any of the stress that, albeit unintentionally, I may have caused him during his questioning before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. I wish to express my sincere condolences to his wife and family."
Dr Kelly was hauled before the committee, chaired by Donald Anderson, after being identified as the probable source for Gilligan's story by his MoD bosses. Dr Kelly admitted meeting Gilligan for lunch in a London hotel, but vehemently denied saying anything about Mr Campbell. One of Dr Kelly's closest friends said last night: "MacKinlay, that arsehole in the committee who shouted at him, took David's confidence clean away." The friend, whose name we have agreed to withhold, said: "David was actually a hero. A quiet hero. He was despised by Saddam Hussein. "He was the one inspector Saddam wanted out of Iraq. David took the worst that Saddam's secret police could throw at him, yet this prick on the committee spoke to him in a way that was absolutely dreadful." His family feel that it was the committee's treatment that upset him. Dr Kelly's brother-in-law Derek Vawdrey said: "There is no doubt that he was traumatised by it. David was devastated. "He was never trained for this sort of thing unlike Alastair Campbell." He told how his sister Janice Kelly rang him on Friday morning. "Her first words were 'Are you sitting down? She then just blurted it out. She could hardly speak for the shock of being told herself. She said he'd committed suicide." He added: "Somewhere along the line someone needs pay for this. David was driven into a corner, the pressure on him was immense. He was a very dignified man who was hung out to dry. Goodness knows what Alastair Campbell is thinking at the moment. "David was highly-stressed but Janice never suspected anything. He was a very private man. "He never confided in anybody who was not involved in his work. But he was dragged out into the limelight. If Janice is not angry now over what has happened, she certainly will be. She is absolutely devastated." Number 10 yesterday confirmed that Mr Blair could give evidence to the judicial inquiry into Dr Kelly's death if he is called on. In his first public comment on Dr Kelly's suicide, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon denied forcing him to give evidence to MPs. The request for evidence had first come from the select committee, he said. Mr Blair's close ally Peter Mandelson last night blamed the BBC's "obsession" with Alastair Campbell for the tragic twist in the saga of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. He claimed much of the BBC's reporting of the affair was "simply not good enough". He added: "It was the BBC's obsession with him (Campbell) that led more than anything else to the breakdown in relations between the Government and Britain's principal public service broadcaster"
See my earlier post in this thread.. it’s all I have to say until something more comes out 
But 
to his family. It’s a shame that the evils of life have to consume more victims.
Old news, I know, but I’ve been digging through a lot of stuff for some bibliographies.. This doesn’t deal with Dr Kelly, but it is relevant in that it concerns intelligence manipulation, or at least reveals a desire to do so…
from Inconvenient Facts
No 10 overruled defence chiefs in leaking Kelly’s name to Press](http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=426545)
**Downing Street overruled senior Ministry of Defence officials who wanted to protect the identity of David Kelly and prevent him appearing before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, according to Whitehall sources.
Geoff Hoon, the Secretary of State for Defence, is expected to be questioned by the judicial inquiry into Dr Kelly’s death over whether he sided with Downing Street on the unmasking of the government scientist. Dr Kelly is understood to have been given guarantees from the MoD that his identity would remain secret.**
The revelation calls into question Downing Street’s assertion that the MoD took the lead in dealing with Dr Kelly after he admitted he had met Andrew Gilligan, the BBC journalist who claimed No 10 had “sexed up” a dossier on Iraqi weapons.
Downing Street conceded yesterday that it had been consulted by the MoD over the handling of the Kelly affair.
An important issue for Lord Hutton’s inquiry will be whether Downing Street was determined to disclose Dr Kelly’s identity to help it in its dispute with the BBC over Mr Gilligan’s claim.
A senior Whitehall official said: "There was a lot of concern about the way things were going. There was a feeling at a very high level that we must do our utmost to protect the man.
“Some of us felt that David Kelly’s identity should not be disclosed at all. However, the view from No 10 was that this was untenable; there were enough clues for the media to track him down.”
The officials, including one of the highest-ranking civil servants in the MoD, believed the matter could be dealt with< internally without the weapons expert being identified. Among those involved in the MoD meetings were Mr Hoon; Sir Kevin Tebbit, the permanent secretary; Pam Teare, the director of news, and Richard Hatfield, the personnel director.
There were also regular telephone calls from Downing Street _ including, it is claimed, from Alastair Campbell. MoD sources confirmed that No 10 demanded, and was told, Dr Kelly’s name. Asked yesterday if Mr Campbell was consulted on the release of Dr Kelly’s name, Tony Blair’s official spokesman said: “We were consulted, and the MoD was the lead department and remained the lead department.”
The officials who expressed doubts were told that Downing Street had agreed Dr Kelly’s identity could be confirmed by the MoD press office if the media put his name to them. But they are concerned that Dr Kelly’s name was deliberately fed to journalists friendly to No 10, who then rang Ms Teare for confirmation.
Sources said the MoD officials stressed that Dr Kelly had been guaranteed anonymity in return for his co-operation. They pointed out that government lawyers had concluded his meeting with Mr Gilligan did not warrant prosecution under the Official Secrets Act or dismissal. The consensus was that the likely penalty would be no more than a verbal warning _ which Dr Kelly was given. Under those circumstances, the MoD officials argued that it would be unfair to name him, or force him to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The counter-argument was that, because of Dr Kelly’s association with a number of journalists, it was only a matter of time before his identity became known. It was also pointed out that keeping him away from the committee would leave the MoD open to charges of a cover-up.
Mr Blair was criticised yesterday after he limited the scope of the inquiry into the death of Dr Kelly so it could not address the case for war or the Government’s use of intelligence on Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction.
Lord Hutton, the law lord who will lead the inquiry, sought to show his independence by saying he would decide the matters he would investigate.
Asked if he would support Lord Hutton if he tried to broaden the scope of the inquiry, Mr Blair replied: “I think it’s important that he does what we’ve asked him to do. I don’t think it would be sensible to do any more.”
• A survey, conducted by ICM for The Guardian, reveals today that Labour’s lead over the Tories has narrowed to two points, compared with a 12-point gap two months ago.
Approval ratings for the Prime Minister fell four points over the past month, to minus 17, with 37 per cent happy with his performance and 54 per cent unhappy.
Was he the guy who used someones PhD to make a case for the war?
Fortunately no dead bodies west of the pond, but not very nice things happening.. in fact this one is worthy of jailtime.
REVENGE VS. NATIONAL SECURITY](http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2003/07/index.html#001265)
Reporters for Newsday have confirmed what David Corn postulated in The Nation last week: that “senior administration officials” deliberately outed an undercover CIA agent to embarass and discredit her husband, Joseph Wilson, the former ambassador to Iraq whose New York Times op-ed launched the uranium scandal. (Bob Novak should also be ashamed for being the vehicle of this smear.) The Newsday article points out that whoever those “senior administration officials” are have “violated the law and may have endangered her career and possibly the lives of her contacts in foreign countries.” This is amazing and atrocious.
Two further points. The first is, if a Democratic administration had done anything remotely like this, it would be crucified. In 1990s Washington, Hillary Clinton firing people from the White House travel staff was a semi-major scandal. This is far worse. President Bush owes it to the country to find out which officials were responsible and to fire them. It was petty and heavy-handed, and may well cost lives.
But such a punishment will never occur because, as Paul Krugman points out today, the whole point of the smear was to intimidate the spooks at CIA: Don’t f-ck with us, or we’ll ruin you.
Tapped is shocked to be writing this, but we are very much into Nixon territory here.
UPDATE: Mark Gisleson has more.
Blair’s opinion poll lead takes a dive as a direct result of this scandal…
Iraq rows slash Labour’s poll lead](Iraq rows slash Labour's poll lead | Politics | The Guardian)
The whole thing has been really sad (and shocking) but I doubt it will cost Blair his job - Depending on what the independent inquiry brings up, it could spell the end of Campbell at No 10 or Hoon at the MoD, though - Also, the judicial inquiry will focus on the events surrounding David Kelly’s death, not on going to war with Iraq.
nobody answered my question. it was quite straight-forward really.
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Was he the guy who used someones PhD to make a case for the war?
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No, the late Dr David Kelly was a high-ranking WMD expert employed by the UK Defence Ministry who he had been a UN weapons inspector throughout the 1990's, having gone to Iraq dozens of times.
But the UK government did plagiarise somebody else's PHD thesis on WMD from the internet (and written a decade back) to use for their dodgy dossier(s) - without that person's permission. I think that is the PHD person you are referring to? :)
Could this tape be the damning proof against Blair’s government?
BBC Has Tape of Dead Scientist Briefing - Sources](Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More)
Most likely he was killed, since when have morals stopped British goverment 