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Hutton Inquiry



In his 2007 book The Strange Death of David Kelly, shortlisted for the Channel 4 Political Book Award 2008, Norman Baker MP argued that Kelly was almost certainly murdered. He described the police investigation and Hutton Inquiry as a 'farce', which failed to investigate numerous discrepancies and anomalies in the physical, medical and witness evidence.

Baker concluded that Kelly's death was probably a revenge killing by Iraqi supporters of Saddam Hussein, and that it was crudely disguised as a suicide by Thames Valley police - who appeared to have known of an assassination plot in advance - because the British government was fearful of the political consequences. He noted that many of those apparently involved have since received promotions or unusual awards.

The book also suggests that Tony Blair might have been forced to back the US invasion of Iraq because the US government would otherwise have revealed 'a deeply personal scandal involving Blair dating from the early 1980s'.[16] Baker later stated that more detail about this had to be removed from the book.[2]

While investigating Kelly's death, Baker himself experienced strange events, including apparent intimidation of a woman who was assisting him, and the unexplained wiping of his computer hard disk.[17]

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  1. ^ "UK press mauls Hutton 'whitewash'", CNN, 29 January 2004. Retrieved on 2006-11-11. 
  2. ^ "Hutton Inquiry: Who will be blamed?", CNN, 2004-01-25. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  3. ^ Hutton Inquiry Web Site - Hearing Transcripts
  4. ^ a b "Gilligan statement in full", BBC News, 2004-01-30. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  5. ^ "BBC apologises as Dyke quits", BBC News, 2004-01-29. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
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  7. ^ http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Media/documents/2007/01/11/DykeMinutes280104.pdf
  8. ^ UK press mauls Hutton 'whitewash' CNN January 29, 2004
  9. ^ "Hutton denies whitewash claims", The Guardian, 2004-05-13. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  10. ^ "Labour Hutton auction criticised", BBC News, 2006-05-23. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  11. ^ "Medical evidence does not support suicide by Kelly", The Guardian, 2004-02-12. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  12. ^ "Kelly death paramedics query verdict", The Observer, 2004-12-12. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  13. ^ "Hutton fights back saying report not 'a whitewash'", The Telegraph, 2006-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  14. ^ Hutton Inquiry Web Site - Hearing Transcripts
  15. ^ "Gentle man with core of steel", BBC News, 2003-07-19. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 
  16. ^ Baker, Norman: The Strange Death of David Kelly. Methuen, London, 2007.
  17. ^ "MP says files into Kelly death have been wiped", The Scotsman, 2006-07-14. Retrieved on 2007-07-01. 

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