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...told Gilligan). Kelly, as a civil servant, was supposed to brief journalists on technical matters only, but he expected his confession to be kept confidential and was horrified to have his name nudged into the open by the government - a tactic Campbell blamed on the Defense Ministry, whose boss, Geoff Hoon, may end up being Downing Street's designated fall guy. Kelly was not only grilled by the Defense Ministry, but also hauled before two parliamentary committees. Lord Hutton is investigating whether Kelly's suicide was the result of undue hounding by officials, and whether the government indeed stretched...
...laid to rest. The press called for the resignation of a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair who suggested that Kelly was a Walter Mitty fantasist. Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon was criticized for going on holiday instead of attending the funeral. Wave of Protest ICELAND The government's announcement that it was to re-start whaling after a 14-year break met with protests from environmental groups, such as the World Wildlife Fund, and the tourist industry. The International Whaling Commission approved a plan to kill 38 minke whales for "scientific research"; the WWF charged that the plan is really...
...suicide of David Kelly, the British bioweapons expert found dead in an Oxfordshire field two weeks ago, all jockeyed to prove themselves blameless. His death was a tragedy, but it's the cascade of potential political damage that has everyone scrambling, from Tony Blair to Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon to Downing Street aides and the BBC. Already, the British public suspects Blair's government manipulated intelligence to boost the case for war against Iraq. A TIME/CNN poll by TNS shows that 42% of Britons believe he intentionally misled the country, 44% believe he didn't - and 45% think the invasion...
...Kelly's suicide put the dispute back on the front pages and in a "weird new dimension," says a Whitehall official. The Daily Mail's headline after he died captures the feverish anger at the government: proud of yourselves?, it reads, over pictures of Blair, Campbell and Defense Minister Geoff Hoon. At a press conference in Japan, on an Asian trip that seemed almost surreal in its bad timing, a visibly shaken Blair was even asked if he had "blood on his hands." That's because Campbell was apparently instrumental in arranging the testimony that caused Kelly such heartache...
There are few people I'd be inclined to join on a voyage of self-discovery. Fewer still if I knew that journey was heading for an existential train wreck. And in the first few pages of Geoff Dyer's Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It, the warning signs that I am entering an author's exercise in angst-ridden navel gazing are all there. A quote by Nietzsche on the fly page. A preface that starts with a snippet from Auden and ends with a disclaimer: "Everything in this book really happened, but some...