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...Gilligan). Kelly, as a civil servant, was supposed to brief journalists on technical matters only, but he expected his confession to be kept confidential and was horrified to have his name nudged into the open by the government - a tactic Campbell blamed on the Defense Ministry, whose boss, Geoff Hoon, may end up being Downing Street's designated fall guy. Kelly was not only grilled by the Defense Ministry, but also hauled before two parliamentary committees. Lord Hutton is investigating whether Kelly's suicide was the result of undue hounding by officials, and whether the government indeed stretched the truth...
...Kelly's identity was bound to come out, given the media interest, and that, if not revealed, the government would have been accused of a cover-up. Campbell admitted the naming of Kelly was poorly handled. So where do we go from here? The next big act unfolds when Hoon gives evidence this week; he'll have to explain why Kelly's name was leaked. But the main event is Thursday's appearance by Blair. Could this crisis bring down Blair? Unlikely. This is an inquiry, not a trial, so no one is heading for jail. But Blair is losing...
...laid to rest. The press called for the resignation of a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair who suggested that Kelly was a Walter Mitty fantasist. Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon was criticized for going on holiday instead of attending the funeral. Wave of Protest ICELAND The government's announcement that it was to re-start whaling after a 14-year break met with protests from environmental groups, such as the World Wildlife Fund, and the tourist industry. The International Whaling Commission approved a plan to kill 38 minke whales for "scientific research"; the WWF charged that the plan is really...
...suicide of David Kelly, the British bioweapons expert found dead in an Oxfordshire field two weeks ago, all jockeyed to prove themselves blameless. His death was a tragedy, but it's the cascade of potential political damage that has everyone scrambling, from Tony Blair to Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon to Downing Street aides and the BBC. Already, the British public suspects Blair's government manipulated intelligence to boost the case for war against Iraq. A TIME/CNN poll by TNS shows that 42% of Britons believe he intentionally misled the country, 44% believe he didn't - and 45% think the invasion...
...Street, helped reporters pinpoint his name. They knew this would inevitably lead to his testifying about what he told BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan, who based his provocative charge that Alastair Campbell, Blair's communications chief, had "sexed up" the dossier at least in part on what Kelly had said. Hoon first said he had nothing to apologize for, then was awkwardly silent at a news conference when blamed for being complicit in outing Kelly after the weapons expert notified his bosses of a discrepancy between what he had told Gilligan and what Gilligan broadcast. Officials say Kelly was warned...