Kelly, David

Kelly, David:

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• BBC NEWS: Government adviser David Kelly: Your thoughts - Tony Blair has described the apparent suicide of weapons expert Dr David Kelly as an "absolutely terrible tragedy". Was the scientist under too much pressure? Comments from website viewers.
• Guardian Unlimited: David Kelly - Special report including news, analysis and commentary, press review and archive.
• Oral evidence of Dr. Kelly - Transcript of the examination of Dr. Kelly before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, 15 July 2003.
• World Press Review: Finger-Pointing and Stonewalling on Prewar Intelligence - Comment and analysis from around the world about Iraq's WMD and why the US and UK went to war. (September 1, 2003)
• World Press Review: Suicide and Suspicions over War with Iraq - Review of the British press coverage of the ongoing row over the reasons Britain went to war, the quality of Western military intelligence, and news media bias, intensified by the suicide of British Ministry of Defence weapons expert David Kelly on July 18th. (August 13, 2003)
• MediaGuardian: Mangold - Kelly was 'caught in a nutcracker between BBC and no 10' - Tom Mangold, the former BBC correspondent and close friend of David Kelly, has accused Andrew Gilligan of "taking the apple Kelly gave him and mixing it with an orange from another source", and revealed that his final report "appalled" the respected weapons expert. (July 21, 2003)
• Telegraph: Kelly felt 'betrayed' by the MoD after name was leaked - The Ministry of Defence was under increasing pressure yesterday over its role in naming Dr Kelly as the Whitehall "mole" after it emerged that the weapons expert had felt "betrayed" by the MoD when his identity was made public. (July 21, 2003)
• BBC News: 'BBC says Kelly was weapons source' - The BBC discloses that Dr David Kelly was the principal source for its controversial report that an Iraq weapons dossier was "sexed up". (July 20, 2003)
• BBC News: MoD expert was 'unused to spotlight' - Weapons expert Dr David Kelly was a civil servant who had been thrown into the media spotlight over the Iraq dossier row. Profile of Dr Kelly. (July 20, 2003)
• BBC News: No heroes or villains in Kelly tragedy - Peter Preston, former editor of The Guardian newspaper says the David Kelly tragedy has its roots in the muddle of humanity. (July 20, 2003)
• The Observer: And how do you find the accused? - How the editors sat in judgement on the 'hounds who mauled Kelly'. Comment, from Peter Preston. (July 20, 2003)
• Telegraph: Kelly's last cry for help: I'm haunted by 'many dark actors playing games' - Tony Blair was under unprecedented pressure last night as the suicide of Dr David Kelly, the weapons expert, plunged his Government into its gravest crisis. (Requires free registration) (July 20, 2003)
• BBC News: Gentle man with core of steel - Dr David Kelly is remembered by friends as a gentle, quiet man with a steely determination to get at the truth. (July 19, 2003)
• Guardian Unlimited: David Kelly obituary - Obituary by Nigel Fountain and Sarah A Smith, on the biological weapons expert with a reputation for thoroughness. (July 19, 2003)
• Guardian Unlimited: Kelly didn't stand a chance against the frenzy of No 10 - Blair has decided his own reputation must be defended, whatever the cost. Comment from Hugo Young. (July 19, 2003)
• Guardian Unlimited: The vendetta's victim - Front page feature on the apparent suicide of Dr David Kelly, the backroom Whitehall scientist caught in the lethal crossfire over weapons of mass destruction between Downing Street and the BBC. (July 19, 2003)
• BBC News: Body 'matches' Iraq expert - Police say a body found in the search for a missing Iraq arms expert matches Dr David Kelly, as the government announces a judicial inquiry. (July 18, 2003)
• ThisisLondon: Scientist Thrust Into Media Sspotlight - Until recently, David Kelly was an anonymous scientist working behind the scenes at the Ministry of Defence. Suddenly he found himself thrust unwillingly into the media spotlight at the centre of the bitter row between the BBC and Downing Street. (July 18, 2003)

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