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BBC chief takes his turn at probe into Kelly death
London, Sept 15: The inquiry into the death of British weapons expert David Kelly resumes after a 10-day break today with testimony from the chief executive of the BBC and former Defence Ministry intelligence chiefs.
London, Sept 15: The inquiry into the death of British weapons expert David Kelly resumes after a 10-day break today with testimony from the chief executive of the BBC and former Defence Ministry intelligence chiefs.
Lord Brian Hutton is probing the circumstances behind
the July suicide of the former UN arms inspector, which
hurled Prime Minister Tony Blair into the worst crisis of his
six years in power.
Summoned to appear today is Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, which found itself in a bitter row with Downing Street after it aired a report in may alleging that Blair's government had "sexed up" intelligence on Iraq.
The Ministry of Defence subsequently exposed Kelly as the source of the report -- a move which, according to evidence given to Hutton by his widow and others, left him shattered.
Dyke is expected to be grilled today on the way that top brass of the world's biggest and best-known public broadcaster reacted to downing street demands to retract the may 29 report by journalist Andrew Gilligan.
Besides Dyke, the inquiry is to hear Monday from two Ministry of Defence intelligence officials and a member of its research branch.
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, widely seen as the public figure with the most at stake from the inquiry, is expected to be called in the coming days.
Bureau Report
Summoned to appear today is Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, which found itself in a bitter row with Downing Street after it aired a report in may alleging that Blair's government had "sexed up" intelligence on Iraq.
The Ministry of Defence subsequently exposed Kelly as the source of the report -- a move which, according to evidence given to Hutton by his widow and others, left him shattered.
Dyke is expected to be grilled today on the way that top brass of the world's biggest and best-known public broadcaster reacted to downing street demands to retract the may 29 report by journalist Andrew Gilligan.
Besides Dyke, the inquiry is to hear Monday from two Ministry of Defence intelligence officials and a member of its research branch.
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, widely seen as the public figure with the most at stake from the inquiry, is expected to be called in the coming days.
Bureau Report