Re: BBC 'Learning the Lessons of the Kelly Affair

This looks like another concession that there was NO scapegoating
or repudiating to me.

"We can confirm that Dr David Kelly, whose death was confirmed by the
> police on Saturday afternoon was a registered Baha'i. He had become
> a Baha'i in New York in 1999 and had been a member of the Vale of
> White Horse community in Oxfordshire before the Local Assembly
> boundary changes left him as an isolated believer."

Looks like "owning" to me.  Dr David Kelly WAS a Baha'i.  No
dis-owning going on here!

Paul

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pat Kohli at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 29/11/03 7:46 pm:
> 
> > They could also interview
> > Roger Kingdon to sort out the presence of non-Baha'is, who passed out the 
> > invites, etc.
> 
> Roger Kingdon and his wife plus any other Bahai who attended that
> meeting have all been warned to keep their mouths shut with regards
> the media or else.......... Info inclosed........Errol
> 
> http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/Kelly.htm
> 
> NOTE WELL: Compare this letter sent to all UK Local Spiritual
> Assemblies with my comments at disclosed. Here is the UK NSA's
> response immediately after his suicide became known, a complete clamp
> down on information and an attempt to control everything released to
> the general public. Notice too that the AUTHOR of this letter is the
> only Baha'i being interviewed by the Inquiry, a fact and blatant
> conflict of interest that ought to give serious pause:
> 
> 20 July 2003
> Dear Baha'i friends
> 
> We can confirm that Dr David Kelly, whose death was confirmed by the
> police on Saturday afternoon was a registered Baha'i. He had become
> a Baha'i in New York in 1999 and had been a member of the Vale of
> White Horse community in Oxfordshire before the Local Assembly
> boundary changes left him as an isolated believer.
> 
> He quite regularly attended Baha'i events in Oxfordshire but his
> membership of the Faith was not widely known outside the county.
> 
> We are aware that quite a number of the friends have been approached
> by journalists about Dr Kelly. We would ask that any further
> approaches by the media should be referred to the National Secretary
> or to Carmel Momen, our Public Information Officer in the Office of
> Public Information on 020-7590 8785.
> 
> Please do NOT give the Secretary's contact details to journalists
> but obtain their telephone number and say that the Secretary will
> call them back. Then please telephone the National Office with
> these details and ask that they be passed to the National Secretary
> urgently.
> 
> We feel sure you will appreciate the sensitivity of all of this.
> 
> Needless to say, we extend our deepest sympathies to his his wife
> and daughters. It should be noted that they are not Baha'is.
> 
> With loving Baha'i greetings
> 
> National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the UK
> Barney Leith, Secretary 
> 
> 
> BBC 'Learning the Lessons of the Kelly Affair