Subtitle: The Strange Death of Dr David Kelly - Norman Baker
Summary: Norman Baker joined us to discuss his book the strange death of Dr David Kelly. On the19th of May 2006 Norman steped down from the shadow cabinet to pursue a quest to establish the truth behind the death in 2003 of Dr David Kelly,an expert in biological warfare employed by the Ministry of Defence and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. Kelly's discussion with BBC Today programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq inadvertently caused a major political scandal. Kelly had been found dead days after appearing before the Parliamentary committee investigating a political scandal arising from a discussion with Today Programme journalist Andrew Gilligan about the British government's dossier on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq. The Hutton Inquiry, a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death, ruled that he had committed suicide and that Kelly had not in fact said some of the things attributed to him by Gilligan. Baker said that Hutton had "blatantly failed to get to the bottom of matters", and that "the more I look into it the less convinced I am by the explanation and the more unanswered questions appear which ought to have been addressed properly by the Hutton inquiry or by the coroner." In July that year Baker claimed that evidence showing David Kelly's death was not a suicide had been wiped from his hard drive.In April 2007 he announced his findings, telling a meeting in Lewes: I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that this could not be suicide. The medical evidence does not support it and David Kelly's state of mind and personality suggests otherwise. It was not an accident so I am left with the conclusion that it is murder." His book The Strange Death of David Kelly was published in October 2007, and serialised in the Daily Mail.Some relatives of David Kelly have expressed their displeasure at the publication. The husband of Kelly's sister Sarah said "It is just raking over old bones … I can't speak for the whole family, but I've read it all [Baker's theories], every word, and I don't believe it.However, in his book Baker says that other relatives of Kelly also think his death was suspicious".
Author: themooreshow; Category: Talk Radio; Explicit: No