The Strange Death of David Kelly

“Anyonecan commit a murder, but it takes an artist to commit a suicide.” – Old KGBsayingThe high-profile deathof government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly twenty-one years ago, amid thetumult of Britain’s controversial invasion of Iraq, plunged the New Labourgovernment into crisis and led to the resignation of the BBC’s director general. An informal inquiry chaired by Lord Hutton into the circumstances surroundingKelly’s death cleared the government of wrongdoing but was widely dismissed asa whitewash. The Strange Death ofDavid Kelly argues that neither the medicalevidence nor David Kelly’s state of mind and personality supported the verdictof suicide. Analysing the officialprocess instigated after Kelly’s death, putting the entire episode into itspolitical context and scrutinising the actions of the government in launchingthe Iraq War, this new edition of the instant bestseller is fully updated to includethe latest evidence and theories surrounding this most mysterious and politicalof deaths.