Ten years ago today, on 29th May 2003, Andrew Gilligan at a few minutes past six in the morning made statements on the BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme that were, a few weeks later, to attract national media attention in the UK.
In the perspective of many commentators Gilligan's comments and the subsequent publicity those comments attracted were closely associated with Dr. David Kelly's supposed suicide on 17th July 2003.
Was David Kelly genuinely Andrew Gilligan's source?
Did Andrew Gilligan invent a deception or conspiracy in and around the Blair Government that had no basis in fact? Could Alastair Campbell, for once, have been telling the truth?
Or is it possible that Andrew Gilligan got it wrong not by inventing a conspiracy that didn't exist but by understating the extent and seriousness of the conspiracy that his remarks on the Today programme hinted at?
Is it possible that what I'm calling Kellygate (but which might equally be called Iraqgate) is a criminal conspiracy by those in and around the Blair Government that dwarfs Watergate in its criminality, its seriousness, and the extent of cover-up involving the UK judiciary, UK Police officers and the UK Attorney General?
In due course, I'll examine the answers to those questions and others.
Kellygate is dauting in its complexity.
It will take me many posts to examine the evidence.
In the end you'll make up your own mind whether I'm some wacky "conspiracy theorist" or someone who has looked at the evidence, daunting though it is in its extent, and reached a rational, credible conclusion.
So, in the end, it's up to me to convince you in posts on this blog over the following weeks and months.
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Kellygate: Taking the scientific approach to examine theories about the death of Dr. David Kelly
Many people I've spoken to believe that David Kelly's death in 2003 was murder.
Many people I've spoken to believe that David Kelly's death was closely related to what may be called an illegal war in Iraq.
Many people I've spoken to believe that the Hutton Inquiry was no more than a sophisticated cover-up.
Three theories.
The scientific way to look at any theory whether it's a so-called "conspiracy theory" or not is carefully to examine the evidence that exists.
And where the evidence is missing to attempt to find additional evidence to allow the theory to be tested or refined.
That approach to a theory is called the "scientific method".
And that's the approach that I'll take.
I'll look at the three theories I listed earlier in this post and examine the evidence for and against them.
And, if I carry out that process successfully I should, over time, get closer and closer to the Truth about the death of Dr. David Kelly.
Many people I've spoken to believe that David Kelly's death was closely related to what may be called an illegal war in Iraq.
Many people I've spoken to believe that the Hutton Inquiry was no more than a sophisticated cover-up.
Three theories.
The scientific way to look at any theory whether it's a so-called "conspiracy theory" or not is carefully to examine the evidence that exists.
And where the evidence is missing to attempt to find additional evidence to allow the theory to be tested or refined.
That approach to a theory is called the "scientific method".
And that's the approach that I'll take.
I'll look at the three theories I listed earlier in this post and examine the evidence for and against them.
And, if I carry out that process successfully I should, over time, get closer and closer to the Truth about the death of Dr. David Kelly.
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