(I'm making an attempt to summarize what I've learned. I know it's long, but there's a long back story that can't be skipped. My apologies. Please read on anyway.)
In 2002, Great Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee began forming a dossier which basically built a case as to why Great Britain should go to war against Iraq. This dossier included the "45 minute claim" -- stating that Iraq could fire weapons of mass destruction at 45 minutes notice.
Dr. David Kelly, an employee of the Ministry of Defense, expert in biological warfare, and highly respected weapons inspector, had concerns with this dossier. *
In essense, the intelligence is stretched way too far to make way too big of statements. It's made into propaganda.
Dr. David Kelly meets with Andrew Gilligan from the BBC and tells them of how he doesn't agree with what the dossier is saying, while remaining anonymous.
This story causes a political scandal.
Eventually, David Kelly is revealed as the source, and has meetings with two committees of The House of Commons. He is reprimanded for unauthorized meetings with a journalist.
Two days later, he leaves for a walk around 3pm and never returns. He's found dead on Harrowdown Hill.
There is a joke of an investigation, which determines that it was suicide, even though:
-He had a cut on his wrist severing the Ulnar artery, which medical experts state is nearly impossible to cause sufficient blood loss to cause death.
-Nearly no blood was found at the scene
-He was said to have ingested some co-proxamol pills. If he did, they said he took 30, which is only one third the lethal dose. And only about 1 fifth of 1 tablet was found in his stomach. Indeed, his stomach was nearly empty.
-It was also claimed that he died from a heart related condition. A condition that didn't exist, according to his physical exam earlier that year.
-There were unexplained bruises on his body and even on his bottom lip.
Interestingly... the police file for his case was opened 30 minutes before he left on his walk, and over 8 hours before the police were ever called.
The investigation that followed was in many ways suspicious and bizarre. At the very least it was unsatisfactory and inconclusive.
It seems to me that the Government formed a pack of propaganda to justify going to war, and when the expert in the field questioned it to the press, he is assassinated, head execs at the BBC lose their jobs, there's an extensive cover up, and the government is once again completely free from any accountability.
*[I should note here that Norman Baker, who later re-investigates Kelly's death, states that this dossier went through several revisions, each becoming more solid. Words like "might" and "possibly" are removed. Even the 45 minute claim, which originally was stated about battlefield weapons, not wmds, is made to be ambiguous. And all of this is made on the testimony of only one Iraqi dissident.]
This is extremely summarized. If you're interested go to:
http://www.normanbaker.org.uk/concerns/kellymail.htm
or hear his lecture at http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/londonsoundposse@yahoo.co.uk/2704-1-20070411-The_strange_death_of_Dr_David_Kelly_part_1.mp3
or look up Dr. David Kelly and start learning for yourself, as I did.
CHECK OUT THIS RADIO INTERVIEW I JUST HEARD. A person with ties to MI5 and MI6 tells that it was an assassination, that some UK official was involved, and that the British Intelligence Agencies knew about it ahead of time!
http://www.indybay.org/olduploads/jonesshrimpton24-02-04.mp3