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- Der Hutton-Bericht (Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr. David Kelly C.M.G.) ist der Ergebnisbericht einer gerichtlichen Untersuchung in Großbritannien zum Tod des Waffenexperten Dr. David Kelly. Kelly war von der BBC als Quelle für Vorwürfe angegeben worden, die damalige Labour-Regierung habe die militärische Bedrohung durch den Irak unverhältnismäßig dargestellt, woraufhin er Selbstmord begangen hatte. Die Untersuchung dauerte von August 2003 bis Januar 2004 an und fand unter Vorsitz des namensgebenden Lordrichters Brian Hutton statt. (de)
- The Hutton Inquiry was a 2003 judicial inquiry in the UK chaired by Lord Hutton, who was appointed by the Labour government to investigate the controversial circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly, a biological warfare expert and former UN weapons inspector in Iraq. On 18 July 2003, Kelly, an employee of the Ministry of Defence, was found dead after he had been named as the source of quotations used by BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan. These quotations had formed the basis of media reports claiming that the government had knowingly "sexed up" the "September Dossier", a report into Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. The inquiry opened in August 2003 and reported on 28 January 2004. The Hutton report cleared the government of wrongdoing, while the BBC was strongly criticised, leading to the resignation of the BBC's chairman Gavyn Davies and director-general Greg Dyke. The report was met with scepticism by the British public, and criticism by British newspapers such as The Guardian, Independent, and the Daily Mail, though others said it exposed serious flaws within the BBC. (en)
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