Hutton is accused of a 'whitewash'/The Independent

[DoYouEverWonder]

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=485689

28 January 2004

Demands grow for inquiry into the case for war as Hutton is accused of a 'whitewash'
By Andrew Grice Political Editor

29 January 2004

The BBC chairman Gavyn Davies became the first casualty of the inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly as Lord Hutton was accused last night of presiding over a "whitewash".

Tony Blair, his former director of communications Alastair Campbell and the Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon were all cleared of any improper behaviour leading up to the suicide of the weapons expert, bringing barely disguised relief in Government circles.

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However, Lord Hutton failed to settle the crucial question of whether Mr Blair took Britain to war in Iraq on a false prospectus. After he ruled that the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was beyond his terms of reference, the Tories and Liberal Democrats renewed their demands for an independent inquiry into the build-up to war.

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. That's how these peope operate.

They set the debate parameters, and then they fall within them.

Iraq WMD Issue....can't prove a negative.(prove that you DON'T hate me) The whole idea is absurd.

[pink_poodle]

2. This gives me a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach............

These lying liars show time and time again, their arrogance in the face of accusations from the people. Only a few are fooled by them. This is just sickening.

[StClone]

3. Brick in the Wall

You can bet that the Flying monkeys from this side of the pond are watching closely. No doubt aiding Blair to undercut the BBC's credibility and on how to handle uppity "facts only" news workers.

[Voltaire99]

4. Who didn't expect this?

To recap: the people of Iraq are occupied by Western mercenaries, the subjects of Britain and the US are led by bandits, the BBC is brought to its knees, and the still-young 21st century is already living up to the standards for whoring established by the last.

Why wreck a good thing?