This interesting article was brought to my attention and I wanted to give Dr. Kelly’s (R.I.P) situation some light because it looks like it will not until atleast 2080. The Daily Mail has reported that David Kelly’s autopsy findings will be kept secret. If you don’t know who David Kelly is or why this is important, let me give you a little background.
David Kelly was an employee of the Ministry of Defense in the United Kingdom. It was reported that Dr. Kelly was about to testify in front of their Supreme Court as part of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War. He was widely reported to have evidence that their was disinformation produced that supported weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as a pretext for war against that country.
It has come to light that there was not WMD’s in Iraq. What makes this important is that Dr. Kelly was found dead right before his date to testify. The official cause of death was suicide by cutting his wrist with a blunt gardening knife. Many people have called foul-play and a cover-up. It would be easy to dismiss this as a conspiracy theory except for the simple fact that the UK government has used the Official Secrets Act to put all details out of the public view for a massive 70 year (yes, seven decades).
So if this was a real suicide then why keep all details to the autopsy secret? Clearly this is a cover-up and it strongly leads to the fact that Dr. Kelly was most likely murdered and if that was the case and they are not doing a normal investigation into it, there may be strong connections to someone in the government. If not then they need to come clean and put this issue to rest. Tragic.
Tonight, Dr Michael Powers QC, a doctor campaigning to overturn the Hutton findings, said: ‘What is it about David Kelly’s death which is so secret as to justify these reports being kept out of the public domain for 70 years?’
Campaigning Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, who has also questioned the verdict that Dr Kelly committed suicide, said: ‘It is astonishing this is the first we’ve known about this decision by Lord Hutton and even more astonishing he should have seen fit to hide this material away.’
The body of former United Nations weapons inspector Dr Kelly was found in July 2003 in woods close to his Oxfordshire home, shortly after he was exposed as the source of a BBC news report questioning the Government’s claims that
Saddam Hussein had an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, which could be deployed within 45 minutes.
Lord Hutton’s 2004 report, commissioned by Mr Blair, concluded that Dr Kelly killed himself by cutting his wrist with a blunt gardening knife.
Analysis: This type of action can not stand in a democratic and free society. The more we are held back the truth when the official story is told to be straight forward, the more governments discredit themselves and they should not be surprise why people are skeptical and call conspiracy around all corners. The truth is easy to tell and stand behind. Lies are more difficult and usually breed more lies to cover your old lies. In the end, everything comes to light either in fact or public opinion.