BBC 'Learning the Lessons of the Kelly Affair

in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul
Hammond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 3/12/03 3:35 pm:
 
> Thank you Harold.
> 
> I'm not convinced that I agree with your rationalisation of the
> differences between Roger Kingdon's account of the talks Dr
> Kelly gave in Abingdon, and the account Barney Leith gave
> to Hutton.
> 
> There does appear to me to be some kind of a contradiction
> going on here, and one which I can see no reason for - to
> me, I can't see what the problem is if Dr Kelly gave a
> talk about his experiences in Iraq, and about the dossier,
> to a group of interested friends at a time when
> speculation about going to war with Iraq was the day's
> top news story - it's not as if a public dossier was a
> state secret after all.

The reason you cant see the problem, is because you cant understand 
Dr Kelly was not just not any Baha'i scientist giving a talk on a
dossier just released by the government to the public in Septtember
2002.  Dr Kelly  happened to be the one scientist who was involved
(with other MI6 intelligence officers) in compiling the dossier for
the British government.

The very fact he discussed this important dossier with other members
of the public, (bahai or non-bahai BBC journalists) disclosing his
involvment in the compilation was an extreme breach of secrecy on his
behalf.

It is this (so called breach of government secrecy) to 30 Baha'is at
an official Bahai meeting in October 2002 that the UK NSA and
definitely the UHJ wish to distance themselves from.  It was this
imperative reason, *to protect the Bahai Faith* Barney leith had to
alter Roger Kingdon's account to the Observer newspaper at the Hutton
inquiry.

Dr Kelly also knew all the names of the MI6 officers involved in
compiling the intelligence september dossier.  He was also aware of a
number of *classified* drafts (attached to the dossier) which were not
released to the public until the Hutton inquiry began.  It was because
of these *SERIOUS* reasons Dr kelly  used equivocal language with
intent to cover up (he had discussed his involvement in the dossier
with Andrew Gilligan) at the Government select committee. The
secretary of the UK NSA did likewise at the Hutton inquiry, to cover
up Dr Kelly had  discussed the dossier at the bahai meeting in Roger
Kingdon's house back in October 2002...Errol