UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
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Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#2This is why we need Wikileaks..
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#3So much for a transparant UK government I guess.
David Kelly is one of the first victims of the Iraq war, and I really don't give a rats ass about any government whitewash operation until they come clean with all the documents they've got.
Until then it should simply be classified as a murder.
Also, Dr. Kelly was right in every aspect of his criticism in the run-up to the war and he should be remembered as one of the very few voices of reason in England during that period.
The blood of this man is on the hands of Tony Blair.
more here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245599/David-Kelly-...
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#4This is why we need Wikileaks..
Wikileaks isn't the answer to problems like this. If you have to rely on a dubiously ethical web site that tries to position itself outside the law, some pretty fundamental things have already gone wrong.
For a start, we have to ask why the legal power exists to seal records in this way, who has the authority to order such seals, and what kind of oversight exists to make independent determinations about whether such seals are in the public interest.
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#5This is why we need Wikileaks..
Wikileaks isn't the answer to problems like this. If you have to rely on a dubiously ethical web site that tries to position itself outside the law, some pretty fundamental things have already gone wrong. For a start, we have to ask why the legal power exists to seal records in this way, who has the authority to order such seals, and what kind of oversight exists to make independent determinations about whether such…
> For a start, we have to ask why the legal power exists to seal records in this way
That is exactly the key.
The fact that a government can put itself above any sort of public inquiry for 70 years is completely counter to what any respectable democracy should stand for.
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#6This is why we need Wikileaks..
Wikileaks isn't the answer to problems like this. If you have to rely on a dubiously ethical web site that tries to position itself outside the law, some pretty fundamental things have already gone wrong. For a start, we have to ask why the legal power exists to seal records in this way, who has the authority to order such seals, and what kind of oversight exists to make independent determinations about whether such…
Yes, but in the meantime, let's have Wikileaks.
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#7Thanks to the moderator that decided to recycle this posting from the 'dead' pool.
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#8I've read allegations that David Kelly's rapid turn around from saying that there were WMDs present to arguing that there were none present was the result of blackmail over evidence of him being sexually involved with an aide.
Googling on "David Kelly blackmail" gives thousands of hits.
Here's one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-490216/Sex-drugs-bla...
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#9funny how "if you have nothing to hide" never applies to gov't.
Re: UK seals documents about suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly for 70 years
#10I will add that according to some, this death has something to do with Bahá'í faith/cult - more info here http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/Kelly.htm and in this documentary -
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-760569989112215408 Part1, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1716751462345868958 part 2