family and the government both have barristers. It.s almost like the Kelly
family vs. the government. Is this usual in government hearings over there?
Dana
Adam Reynolds writes:
> Yup,
> Open to the public. Diaries from press officers, the lot. Accusations of
> abuse of power, and a specific criticism of the statement: WMD (weapons of
> mass destruction) being able to be deployed within 45 minutes...where it was
> discovered that WMD was a very loose term also including standard artillery.
> (Correct me if I'm wrong here).
>
> That statement was critical in swaying parliament to support the war in
> Iraq.
>
> Ironically the BBC site is quite good (it was one of the major players in
> the enquiry)
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3138902.stm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 September 2003 12:29
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Anybody see.. Breaking the Silence
>
>
> thanks, I will take a look. I do remember David Kelly, but have never
> heard
> of the Hutton inquiry, which is probably a commentary on news quality in
> my
> part of the world as I do read the newspaper. I suppose Hutton is the guy
> chairing it?
>
> Dana
>
> Wayne Putterill writes:
>
> > The Hutton inquiry was called to investigate the apparent suicide of Dr
> > David Kelly, the UK's leading expert in biological weapons. The
> > circumstances involve the BBC, the government and the secret services
> > that Dr Kelly worked for - people from all of these have been called as
> > witnesses including Tony Blair.
> >
> > The actual enquiry has just finished with the report due in November or
> > December, it's been major news here for the last six weeks and has
> > severely damaged the reputation of the Government amongst others. One of
> > the the major points has been did the Gov. "sex up" the dossier it
> > presented as part of its case for war, the evidence looks very much like
> > it did. Blair's popularity is at an all time low (Labour just lost one
> > of it's safest seats to the Liberal Democrats, their first by-election
> > loss in 15 years), and there seems to be growing speculation that he
> > will not survive this.
> >
> > That's a simplistic view of it, there is a lot more at HYPERLINK
> > "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/david_kelly_inquiry/default
> > .stm"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2003/david_kelly_inquiry/def
> > ault.stm
> > and the actual inquiry website is at HYPERLINK
> > "http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/"http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org
> > .uk/ including copies of all the evidence presented - some of this is
> > explosive stuff, particularly Alistair Campbell's diaries.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 26 September 2003 07:55
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Anybody see.. Breaking the Silence
> >
> >
> >
> > Personally? I don't think there is much question that we are there or
> > close
> > to there. I hope it is not too late to reverse this. I would not put it
> > past the Bush team to hijack another election.
> >
> > What is the Hutton inquiry?
> >
> > Dana
> >
> > > what in effect is currently happening in the US(and to some degree the
> > UK),
> > > is that government is subverting public opinion away from the truth to
> > > enable it to achieve its objectives.
> > >
> > > It also implied the US was moving towards a pre-fascist state (some
> > people
> > > were even concerned the US was already there).
> > >
> > > It really piqued my interest. It even implied that the US would not
> > have
> > > gone to war with Iraq had the US press actually taken a more critical
> > line
> > > and had not just towed the line.
> > >
> > > Well at least in the UK, Blair is probably going to commit political
> > suicide
> > > over the Hutton enquiry.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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