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From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk
Norman Baker has also called the string of nuclear accidents in the UK
(or 'safety-related incidents', in official parlance), "extremely
worrying".
If this is a case of an MP becoming a whistle-blower, then good on him.
I hope he gets into looking at 911 and 7/7 too.
In article <4d9kd4F19ioi9U1@individual.net>, oO writes
>MP to investigate Dr Kelly's death
>
>Hélène Mulholland / London Guardian | May 20 2006
>
>A backbench MP is to investigate the "unanswered questions" from the
>official inquiry into the death of weapons scientist Dr David Kelly.
>
>The former Liberal Democrat environmental spokesman Norman Baker today
>revealed his decision to stand down from the shadow cabinet two months ago
>was based on a quest to establish the "truth" behind Dr Kelly's death.
>
>Mr Baker said he wanted to return to the issue because the 2003 Hutton
>inquiry had "blatantly failed to get to the bottom of matters".
>
>He vowed to question ministers and to unearth new facts in a bid to
>establish the "truth" of the case.
>Dr Kelly was found dead on July 18 2003 after being named as the possible
>source of a BBC story on the government's Iraq dossier.
>
>Later that month Lord Hutton was appointed head of an independent inquiry
>into the events surrounding Dr Kelly's death. After a two-month inquiry,
>Lord Hutton concluded the scientist had taken his own life.
>
>Oxford coroner Nicholas Gardiner subsequently looked into the possibility of
>reopening the inquest into Dr Kelly's death, but after reviewing the
>evidence with the lord chancellor, decided that there was no case for doing
>so.
>
>Mr Baker explained that he had decided to wait until he relinquished his
>environmental role before embarking on an investigation to find out the
>"truth" that the Hutton inquiry had failed to deliver.
>
>"It did not answer questions," he told Guardian Unlimited today.
>
>"It was not carried out using proper rules of evidence, people were not
>giving evidence under oath and the whole thing became a criticism of the
>BBC."
>
>Mr Baker said he had given himself a year to carry out his inquiries. This
>will include revising the medical evidence, interviews with experts and
>looking at issues relating to the government's "behaviour" in the affair, as
>well as the weapons of mass destruction claims made in the months preceding
>Dr Kelly's death.
>
>Mr Baker admitted he already holds a "number of theories" about the
>scientist's death, but declined to speculate so early into his
>investigation, which began two months ago just after he stood down from his
>shadow post.
>
>Mr Baker, who is known for his forensic use of parliamentary questions,
>insisted his decision to stand down after six years as environment spokesman
>was his choice alone.
>
>"I have long been unhappy about the sequence of events and I was unhappy at
>the time about the way the Hutton inquiry was conducted and I wanted to free
>up some time to look into this," he said.
>
>"I haven't informed the party leadership yet," he added. Asked if Dr Kelly's
>widow, Janice, was aware of his plans, Mr Baker said: "I recognise the
>sensitivity of the matter for the family and the need to speak with them,
>but only if they prepared to do so."
--
banana "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you
give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to
Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the
rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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