THE DODGY DOSSIER, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
This version events are entirely fictitious they are
based merely one what most likely happened given events, evidence and reports
that have come to pass, it is not on actual account, I was not there, it just seems the most likely.
The Players
Dr David Kelly
An aged man, who
was ranked far below where ‘he’ thought he should be for his age and experience. The person who feels that he is being cheated because he should be
higher up in ‘the company’, even though there were probably very good reasons
for his presence not being needed in upper echelons of power.
At 59 years old,
his salary was low, his pension small, he had been passed over for promotion
again, the job being given to a younger man.
Disgruntled, full of hatred for his superiors, depressed about his
situation, a form of self-loathing that can only be evident amongst people who
feel the world is against them. He was
facing the very real prospect that he may not even be asked to go to Iraq to
help research into WMDs.
This man was
exposed by the people he worked for. He
had made an error, he had given Gilligan a story, but not the story, he
had then lied to his superiors about his involvement, and then been exposed as
a liar. His name leaked by his employers
in a random guessing game. He had
effectively been hung out to dry for his mistake. The very small prospects of promotion had now
faded to nothing, when the crisis passed over he would be ‘let go’ discreetly.
Faced with all
this, he was probably worth more to his family dead than alive. Wracked with guilt, the
knowledge that he caused this crisis, and had gained nothing from it. He had cast aspersions on his friends and his
employers, he had caused a large-scale distrust of government, and more
importantly undermined his own work. With
all this, he killed himself, was anyone else responsible, not really, he
brought all this on himself, that is not to say that others have not played a
part.
Andrew Gilligan
The
weasel in the BBC. A man from the Liberal Socio-Fascists camp (see
“the Loony Left”). Hatred for the
government, dislike for the war, a sort of desire not to have Saddam removed
from power. He desperately wanted to
find a story to cause the government a problem.
A political player, a man who might actually have had
links to fellow ‘loony lefties’ in government, who also sought the overthrow of
Tony Blair.
His desire to
embarrass the government was only outweighed by his sheer incompetence. He took information, and twisted it to say
what he wanted it to, and then destroyed all evidence of his conversations with
Kelly, and tried to fabricate new evidence that supported his story.
With a story
loosely based on dodgy facts he displayed the story as true, and held it out to
the public at large. At the time, he hit
a nerve, the government’s popularity was on a low, and knowledge that we might
have gone to war because of a lie, would be very damaging to Tony Blair. Like kicking a dog when it is down, but not
so much kicking it, kicking and taunting it.
Did he Kill Dr
Kelly, not really, but he certainly was responsible for putting Kelly in an
awkward situation, which left him very few avenues of escape.
BBC
A
media organisation that purports to be independent, but seems to have a very
left-wing stance on politics, supporting the government when it is doing things
the way it wants, attacking it full pelt when it does not.
The BBC failed to
check Gilligan’s story, but by far worse, they held him out to be telling the
truth, even though all indications were that he embellished the truth at the
very least. There stance forced the
escalation of the row with Downing Street, and although not directly
responsible for the death of Dr Kelly, their attitude was far from helpful.
Tony Blair
Supposedly
the ‘big bad man behind the scandal’. Although
exonerated by Hutton, there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that he had more to do
with the situation than meets the eye.
Judging by past records, it is likely that he did not act himself, just
allowed other to act for him, i.e. he did not release Dr Kelly’s name, he allowed other to do it for him.
There can be
little doubt that Blair had some say in the dossier. As head of state he would have had a say in
what went in to it, even if the bones were put together by Civil Servants. It seems likely, again given his track
record, that the wording used was ‘modified’ in such a way to make the report
sound more appealing to the masses. At
the end of the day the war in Iraq was justified on moral and political
grounds, but there were too many people who were seeking to oppose the war, so
to coral these people into towing the line, the truth was distorted. This does not mean the 45 min warning was a
lie, but the emphasis that was given to it was far too great, and this I am
afraid is likely to have been the PM’s handy work.
Never forget the
PM’s roots, he was and still is a lawyer, embellishing the truth comes
naturally, twisting the facts to your own view was his job.
He was not
responsible for Dr Kelly’s death, but fostered a climate where it was possible
for Dr Kelly to feel uneasy.
*Since is started
writing this, the now weird claim that the PM did not know that 45 mins referred to Battlefield weapons has surfaced. In his position, if he did not query EXACTLY
was this meant then he is at best negligent, at worst stupid. Either way, this
doesn’t really change his position, he did not kill Dr Kelly, but he did allow
things to be done that led to his death.
Alistair Campbell
The
words “Spin Doctor” sume up his role. If
anyone could have made changes, it was he.
As press secretary he was the equivalent of a window dresser, making
things look pretty. However, making
changes, thought usual for him, seems unlikely here. He may have chosen to use the proverbial
different highlighters, to make things seem different to what they actually
were.
Like Tony Blair,
Alistair Campbell did not so much cause Dr Kelly’s death, but didn’t really do
much to stop him, and definitely fostered the climate where Dr Kelly was
sidelined.
The ‘loony left’
I will not go
into detail here (see “The Loony Left” article)
about who these people are. Suffice to
say, their hidden agenda of toppling Tony Blair came to the front. They saw the chance to attack, and moved
their particular players into the places they needed to be. However, once again they failed, as it became
quickly evident that this really wasn’t something that would see Tony Blair’s
demise.
Although it pains
me to say it, they had no hand in Dr Kelly’s death, but they were more than
happy to capitalise from it.
The MOD
Many people blame
the MOD for Dr Kelly’s death, and it seems to be the place where most blame can
lie (other than with Dr Kelly). They not
only did nothing to protect Dr Kelly from being released, but actually did
everything to make sure his name was released.
They then systematically destroyed his reputation, both before and after
his death. Like Tony Blair, Geoff Hoon fostered a climate where Dr Kelly could be hung drawn
and quartered by the media, but the department would largely escape
unscathed.
The MOD, like
others in government did not kill Dr Kelly, but they did make life very
difficult for him. It seems that not
only did they cause problems (that could possibly have led to a case for age
discrimination) before the dossier, but they effectively hung him out to dry in
the aftermath of the Gilligan ‘story’.
If anyone was guilty of doing nothing to stop it, the MOD can be blamed.
*Like Tony Blair,
Geoff Hoon has also denied knowing what the 45 mins related to.
Like Tony Blair this mere negligence on his part.
Military Intelligence
Though this term
is often thought of as an Oxy-moron, the Military Intelligence community have
little to do with Dr Kelly’s death. They
were the ones who made the claims of 45 mins, which
Dr Kelly argued against.
However, if
anyone could have killed Dr Kelly (killed as in murdered – for the conspiracy
theorists) it is they. It is possible
that someone within the community may have wanted Dr Kelly silenced. If it is true, that the claim was ‘sexed up’
then Tony Blair could have ordered Dr Kelly be silenced. The Intelligence services would have carried
out ‘the silencing’. It is feasible that
a Spook could have given Dr Kelly the option of death or facing the music for
possible Treason (the prospect of being dragged through the Courts his
reputation being destroyed may not have been very interesting to him).
Like I say
though, this is mere conspiracy, and I find it hard to believe that Tony Blair
would have been worried, he has an army of people set
up to destroy people like Dr Kelly in terms of public image. Though I would not rule out someone giving Dr
Kelly the option of suicide or trial, a sort of friendly nudge, faced with the
prospect of being publicly destroyed by the Government, or death, Dr Kelly
chose death, that way the story could be silenced.
What Happened
The meeting
Gilligan’s 1st draft
Gilligan’s 2nd draft
Gilligan’s altered notes
Uncovering the mole
Revealing the mole
The MOD & 10 Downing Street’s conduct
Dr Kelly’s suicide