Stephen M. St. John
HUTTON REPORT: RE: IRAQ'S WMD'S
Wed Jan 28 18:27:29 2004
64.140.158.29

Poor Lord Hutton couldn't see the forest for the trees!

Whereas Dr. David Kelly certainly did that hot summer day; for by July 2003
the immoral, illegal and ill-advised invasion of Iraq had yielded proof
positive that there was no foundation to the warmongers' claims of an
imminent threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

In failing properly to weigh and to consider a mindset within British
Intelligence -- a mindset evinced by MI6's Rockingham Cell and Operation
Mass Appeal (operations mirrored in the USA by Rumsfeld's own intelligence
pipeline bypassing the CIA) -- poor Lord Hutton allows a conspiracy of
silence in acquiesence to a chronic pattern of accepting plausibilities as
facts to pass as governmental rectitude. Whereas Dr. Kelly could have told
any psychiatrist that beyond considerations of career pressures his work
ultimately wrought death and destruction on a virtually defenseless people
all of whom could plausibly brand him and the British Government virtual
liars.

Poor Lord Hutton just gave these virtual liars a peer pass, albeit only a
temporary one. Whereas Dr. Kelly, in a breach of civil service constraints,
showed us all he had a conscience and an overriding sense of duty to truth
and justice.

Poor Lord Hutton points more to Mr. Thomas Kelly's apology for his remark
that Dr. David Kelly was a "Walter Mitty" character than to the obvious
likelihood that such a slip of the tongue reflected a stong animus against
Dr. Kelly at Number 10. Whereas Dr. Kelly was a much more conscientious
judge; indeed, without good counsel, he was apparently too strict in judging
himself.

Poor Lord Hutton has made a weak apology on behalf of the Prime Minister.
Whereas Dr. David Kelly certainly made a strong and arresting statement that
may yet change the world for the better.

Copyright Stephen M. St. John 2004

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BBC statement on the Hutton report

January 28, 2004

BBC statement on the Hutton report
BY PA NEWS

Greg Dyke, the chief executive of the BBC, today accepted that "certain key allegations" reported by Andrew Gilligan on the Today programme on May 29 last year were wrong and said the BBC apologised for them.

Mr Dyke did however, robustly defend the BBC, saying it had not accused the Prime Minister of lying. He added that action had already been taken within the corporation to "improve our procedures".

Mr Dyke's statement said: "Dr Kelly's death was a tragedy for his family and, again, we offer our sincere condolences to them.

"We note Lord Hutton's criticisms of the BBC. Many of these relate to mistakes which the BBC has already acknowledged in its submission to the inquiry and for which we have already expressed regret.

"Thanks to the process of Lord Hutton's inquiry, we now know more about the evolution of the September dossier.

"The BBC does accept that certain key allegations reported by Andrew Gilligan on the Today programme on May 29 last year were wrong and we apologise for them."

Mr Dyke added: "However, we would point out again that at no stage in the last eight months have we accused the Prime Minister of lying and have said this publicly on several occasions.

"The dossier raised issues of great public interest. Dr Kelly was a credible source.

"Provided his allegations were reported accurately, the public in a modern democracy had a right to be made aware of them.

"The greater part of the BBC's coverage of the dossier fulfilled this purpose."

In a pre-recorded statement read out by Mr Dyke and released at 4.30pm, the BBC boss said action had already been taken to "improve our procedures".

He added: "A new complaints and compliance structure has been put in place under the Deputy Director General.

"We have a new set of rules for BBC journalists who wish to write for newspapers or magazines and we will be publishing revised editorial guidelines.

"There are other findings in the report, including those about the dossier, which we will consider carefully.

"The BBC governors will be meeting formally tomorrow and will give further consideration to Lord Hutton's report.

"No further comment will be made until after that meeting."

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The Hutton report: Key points
Financial Times (subscription), UK - 8 hours ago
The Hutton Report addresses several key questions about the circumstances surrounding
the death of David Kelly. Here we summarise Lord Hutton's findings. ...
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1073281368876

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