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Originally Posted by Nor
You feel sorry for Greg Dyke ? Its more his fault Kelly died than anyone elses. You want to believe its the govt but... Gilligan lied about what Dr Kelly had told him, Dyke then defended Gilligan saying his story was 100% accurate, this is what led to the stand off, the enquiry, the death of Dr Kelly and the subsequent Hutton Enquiry. If Dyke had actually done his job properly and checked if Gilligans story was correct instead of blindly defending him none of this would have happened.
Its laughable that you can say you feel sorry for someone who caused it all. By all accounts he was one of the best DG the BBC have had in decades, but it doesn't excuse his major role in this and his failings. Some people just wanted the Hutton Report to confirm their prejudiced views and when it didn't its automatically a whitewash.
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Gilligan reported that David Kelly had doubts about the capacity of Iraq to launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes. The government said that the information was supplied by British intelligence, which is confirmed by Hutton. The fact that no weapons of mass destruction have been found and the resignation of the investigator charged with finding them on the grounds that he doesn't believe that they will ever be found, would surely support the view that they couldn't possibly launch those weapons in 45 minutes, which was the basis on which we went to war i.e.that Iraq posed an immediate threat to the UK and the USA. This vindicates Kelly's remarks and the BBC's support.