UK: DAVID KELLY

BBC: BBC says Kelly was weapons source
The BBC has disclosed that Dr David Kelly was the source for its
controversial report claiming Downing Street had "sexed up" a dossier
outlining the threat from Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The BBC's
director of news Richard Sambrook made the disclosure after speaking to
the
family of the Iraq weapons expert who was found dead on Friday.

Examiner: Kelly warned of 'dark actors playing games' - no sign of depression
Weapons expert Dr David Kelly told of "many dark actors playing games"
in an e-mail to a journalist hours before his suicide, it was reported
today. The words appeared to refer to officials at the Ministry of Defence and
UK intelligence agencies with whom he had sparred over interpretations of
weapons reports, according to the New York Times.

BBC: Gentle man with core of steel
Friends and colleagues have been paying tribute to Dr David Kelly.
Scott Ritter, who worked with him as part of the UN weapons inspections team
in Iraq, said he was a man of "integrity, character, and somebody who
cared deeply about his country".

Scoop: Examination Of Dr David Kelly July 15
Press Release: UK Government
Oral evidence
Taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday 15 July 2003

Independet: No 10 and Ministry of Defence at odds over terms of inquiry
Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence were at loggerheads last
night over the terms of reference of the inquiry into the death of military
arms expert David Kelly.

Scotlandonsunday: Desperate Blair blames Hoon
DOWNING Street officials were last night fighting to save Tony Blair’s
premiership by attempting to pin blame for Dr David Kelly’s suicide on
the Ministry of Defence. In an effort to shift attention away from the
Prime Minister and on to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, aides stressed
that the decision to name Kelly as the likely source of claims the
government "sexed up" its second Iraq dossier was "purely a Ministry of Defence
operation".

Spiegel: Über Blair kreisen die Geier
Der Selbstmord des Waffenexperten David Kelly erschüttert die Briten. Die BBC hat eingeräumt, dass der Mikrobiologe und Waffenexperte ihr Informant war. Stunden bevor er verschwand, machte Kelly dunkle Andeutungen. Ministerpräsident Tony Blair reist derweil durch den Fernen Osten und versucht sich in Schadensbegrenzung.