Kelly family's tough questions for MoD

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Dr David Kelly's family barrister has suggested at the Hutton inquiry that the dead scientist was treated "shabbily" by the Ministry of Defence.

Jeremy Gompertz QC also suggested the MoD had designed a "parlour game" for journalists to identify Dr Kelly as the suspected source for the BBC's Iraq dossier story.

Martin Howard, the MoD's deputy director of defence intelligence, rejected the charges as he insisted the government had not tried to covertly reveal Dr Kelly's identity to the media.

The inquiry into the scientist's death has heard from more than 60 witnesses already but Mr Howard was the first to face cross-examination from lawyers for the BBC, Dr Kelly's family or the government.

Dr Kelly's apparent suicide came after newspapers named him as the government's suspected source for BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan's report of claims that Downing Street "sexed up" last September's dossier on Iraqi weapons.

His identity emerged 24 hours after the MoD issued a press statement saying an unnamed official had come forward to admit meeting Mr Gilligan.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3111926.stm

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1. Contributing cause?

Narrowing of the arteries of the heart? Never heard of a contributing cause of death by suicide. Bruises and grazes caused by stumbling? LOL.

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2. RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH DR KELLY'S LIFE - Mirror

THE family of Dr David Kelly yesterday accused the Ministry of Defence of playing Russian roulette with his life.

In a highly-charged cross-examination at the Hutton inquiry, their lawyer, Jeremy Gompertz ripped into deputy intelligence chief Martin Howard.

He admitted the Government scientist had not agreed to have his identity revealed.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13416333_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-RUSSIAN%2DROULETTE%2DWITH%2DDR%2DKELLY%2DS%2DLIFE-name_page.html

Kelly did NOT commit suicide over tellling the truth. He had nothing to hide, facts and truth were on his side. Why would he kill himself and break his wife's heart when he'd done nothing wrong?

I like to see more on the people who it's proven have done something wrong. Blair and Bush. I'd like to see what/who Kelly's contacts in the CIA/NSA/DIA and the White House were!!!! Then we'd find out who assassinated him.