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David Kelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2445 words) |
 | David Christopher Kelly CMG (May 17, 1944 – July 17, 2003) was an employee of the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), an expert in biological warfare, and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. |
 | Kelly was anxious to learn what had happened in Iraq, while Gilligan, who had discussed a very early draft of the dossier with Kelly, wished to ask him about it in light of the failure to find any weapons of mass destruction. |
 | Kelly was extremely disturbed by the publicity and arranged with a family friend to leave his home and visit Cornwall with his wife. |
| David Kelly: Information From Answers.com (2418 words) |
 | David Kelly was chief scientific officer and senior adviser to the proliferation and arms control secretariat of the British Ministry of Defense, and the non-proliferation department of the Foreign Office. |
 | Kelly was born in the Rhondda in Wales. |
 | Kelly told Gilligan of his concerns over the 45-minute claim and ascribed its inclusion in the dossier to Alastair Campbell, the director of communications for Prime Minister Tony Blair. |