Source : The Independent
Section : Main
Date : Monday, August 00, 2003
Edition : Early
Clrc : 220112
Client : Department for Constitutional Affairs
Brief: Lord Hutton
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BY PAUL WAUCH
Deputy Political Editor
DOWNING STREET will seek to
defeed itself over the death of
David Kelly by portraying the
scientist as a Walter Mitty
character who exaggerated his
own role in the Government's
Intelligence case against Iraq,
Coming shortly before Dr
Kelly's funeral on Wednesday,
the description of one o/
Britain's moat respected
weapons experts as a fantnaLst
Is certain to spark fury among
friends andformer colleagues .
But, inwhat appears to be a
change of tactics by the Gov-
erament, a senior Whitehall
source told The Independent
that Dr Kelly had misled the
Ministry of Defence and the
BBCjournaBatAodtewdd8gan
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to justity war agakat Seddam
Hueseln had been "sc~ed up" .
According to the Insider, Dr
Kt* told Mr GllBgan more
than he knew and then Wed to
tell his employers the whole
truth of his contacts with
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Walter Mitty" he said .
once his name became
public and he was questioned
by MPsover theaffak DrKeDy
become Increasingly worried
about his statements to the
BBC, the Insider said.
A reason for his suicide was
the decision by the Foreign Al-
faira Select Committee to rccad
Mr Gilligan to comment on his
own evidence, the source
added . Dr Kelly went missing
at around the time the jour-
nalist gave evidence and his
body was found a day later
near his Obdordahire home .
The trumningStreet version
of events is sure to be seized on
by the BBC as an admission
that Dr "had Indeed given
Mr GiWgan good reason to
make We claims about "sexing
up" intelDgeace.
But the sciondst's family
and friends are sure to be
appalled at the *Walter Witty"
description of a man who was
nominated for the Nobel Prise
and was about to join the US-
led Iraq survey group's hunt for secretary at the MoD, and Sir
weapons in Baghdad . David Ornarul, Number 1o's
MoD sources have also head of intelligeace and seee-
revealed that Dr Kelly was rlty, approached the commit-
being investigated for his con- tee's chairman, Ann Taylor, on
tacts with journahsts long 8 July to suggest she may want
before the row over Mr to calf Dr Kelly an a witncsa .
However, Mrs Taylor IS
understood to have told them
GIWgan's broadcast began. that while the curnmitt;ce Would
Downing Street will also seek be willing to question the sci-
to perauadethe Hutt® Inquiry, entist, it coutd not act "blind" .
which begins its formal hear, The MoD would first have to
ings nattt week, that it and the lssue a public statement that
MoD were forced to publidhe an uanamed official had
Dr Kelly's name try a pulle- approached his line manager
meatarycommittee. and was claiming to be the
With 'IbnyBlatr GeoBHoen, potential source for Mr GO-
the Defence Sersataq; and gam's report. The committee
Alastair Campbell, Downing was worried that It might be
Street's director of eommunt- accused of a cover up it Dr
cnUmw, a8 dua to give evldente, Keily's approach were to be
thestaloescouldn'tbehipJlerfor later made public.
the Government But a main ktollowing the ISC's resp-
plank of their defence will be to onse, Mr Have and Sir Kevin
insist that the 1atell8genr.e end decided on the Internees "COW
security Cominittee, which Is firmation slrategY' in which the
conducting Its own norpilry into MoD would issue s statement
the intelligence case agalral saylpg that an employee had
Irgq,DeRthem withnooption tatt come forward and giving clues
to confirm Dr Kelb's identity to Dr 1Seliy's Identity. By the fol-
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Sdurce : The Independent
Section : Main
Date : Monday, August 04, 2003
Edition: Early Page: 1
Circ: 220112 Area: 268.88 sq. cm
Client: Department for Constitutional Affairs
Brief : Lord Hutton

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