UK: DAVID KELLY SUICIDE?

The New Scientist: Editorial: The death of David Kelly
Journalist or scientist, if you wanted to know about Iraq's past chemical and biological weapons programmes or their future potential there was only one man in Britain to ask: David Kelly.

He had been a hands-on microbiologist, a senior player at Britain's Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, led a team of weapons inspectors in Iraq, and advised Hans Blix as he set up the latest inspection regime, UNMOVIC. But last week Kelly apparently killed himself after becoming embroiled in a sordid intrigue at the heart of Tony Blair's government. So extraordinary are the events surrounding his death, and so high the stakes, that the episode is now the subject of a judicial inquiry led by Lord Hutton.