Dr David Kelly - Case "Far From Closed"

Global Research Editor's Note

Dr. Stephen Frost contacted Global Research and informed us regarding The British media's coverup pertaining to the details of Dr. David Kelly's death.

We are publishing below the letter which the Sunday Telegraph refused to publish. This letter was written in response to an article by Andrew Gilligan.

Who is Andrew Gilligan, the Sunday Telegraph journalist who states that "the case is closed" and that "the details of Dr David Kelly's death, made public last week, should provide a final answer to the conspiracy theorists".

Is Andrew Gilligan in a conflict of interest? He is reporting on a case in which he was personally implicated.

It was Gilligan's 2003 report on the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme which triggered the David Kelly affair.

In this report Gilligan quotes "a source" "who believes Downing Street wanted the September intelligence dossier 'sexed up'" to provide a justification for waging war on Iraq. That "source" was Dr. David Kelly, as confirmed by Kelly himself in a written note to his manager Bryan Wells, admitting he met Andrew Gilligan on 22 May 2003.

A Ministry of Defence statement subsequently refered to Kelly as "an unnamed official", who met Andrew Gilligan.

"On 9 July 2003 Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, writes to Gavyn Davies, then BBC chairman, asking him to confirm whether Kelly is the 'source'. The BBC refuses. MoD confirms to journalists that Kelly is the official involved.

On 17 July at 3pm, Kelly leaves home, telling his wife he is going for a walk. When he fails to return home by 11.45pm, his family contacts the police. He is found dead in the woods near his home the following morning. 20 July The BBC issues a statement after talking to Kelly's family, naming him as the source of Gilligan's report." ( Will Lee, The Guardian, 2004).

When the Hutton report was published, the government of Tony Blair was exonerated, while the BBC was heavily criticised, implying the involvement of Andrew Gilligan, the author of the October 24, 2010 article in Annex Part I below entitled: David Kelly: case closed.


Michel Chossudovsky, November 5, 2010

...FULL LETTER and MORE HERE...