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Originally Posted by ntluser
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.
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You've completely missed the actual important issue. The important issue is that Gilligan said Dr Kelly told him the government
PROBABLY KNEW that there was no WMD threat but were including that there was within the dossier. Thats the important issue, thats what the whole incident was about.
The fact is... Dr Kelly never told Gilligan that at all, Gilligan made it up to 'sex up' his story. But instead of Dyke actually checking out Gilligans story, he didn't and replied to the governments complaint telling them they wouldn't apologise for the story and that it was 100% accurate. Then Dyke et al actually got round to checking the facts of Gilligans interview with Dr Kelly and there was no mention of that point which Gilligan made. The BBC then subsequently removed that allegation from all stories. Yet they did not apologise when they themselves knew they were wrong, with Dyke believing it was somehow a battle about the independance of the BBCs and their journalistic integrity. If Dyke had checked the facts before dismissing the governments complaint and going on the attack none of this would have ever happened.