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BBC castigated in Hutton report
EFL:The claim in BBC reports that the government "sexed up" its dossier on Iraqâs weapons was "unfounded", says Lord Hutton. The retired law lord is delivering his long-awaited report on the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly in a televised statement. He cleared the government of embellishing the September 2002 weapons of dossier with intelligence it thought was unreliable. Meaning Tony Blair didnât lie, the BBC did. And he criticised the BBCâs checks before the broadcast the claims about the government and the way it rebutted Downing Streetâs complaints. Lord Hutton also said he was satisfied that Dr Kelly had killed himself after being named as the suspected source of the BBCâs controversial weapons dossier story. "I am satisfied that Dr Kelly took his own life by cutting his left wrist," he said. Lord Huttonâs statement at the Royal Courts of Justice in London came ahead of his full 328-page report being published at 1330 GMT. More details at the link, but the jist is the BBC got bitch slapped. Posted by: Steve 2004-01-28 |
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