Re: General Sir Michael Rose calls for Tony Blair's Impeachment
Epsilon Minus
The death of Dr Kelly was indeed sad. But I confess that, at the time, I was shocked that an Intelligence Officer should be having cosy lunches with "the Media" and briefing them without authority. But I was more shocked by the antics of senior officials in MOD who, from the emails revealed by Hutton/Butler, were attempting to muzzle their own desk-level experts who were most sceptical about the "Dodgy Dossier".
I agree that the "45 minute" WMD threat was risible, but I gave much weight (call me credulous if you like) to the theat of Iraqi stocks of chemical and biological agents which could leak to existing delivery systems - ie, suicidal terrorists either linked to Al Q'aida or of similar persuasion. The UN inspectors never ruled them out. In retrospect (from my viewpoint) we should have given them more time. Cheers!