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To: michael97123 who wrote (123841)	1/28/2004 11:00:34 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Lightening can strike. Kerry is better than Dean or Clarke. But I am not much worried to begin with. No one wins with rabble-rousing rhetoric or backseat driving. You can talk about moving towards the center, but I do not think he can stop attacking Bush in unpalatable terms. It is Bush's to lose, as it were....

To: michael97123 who wrote (123841)	1/28/2004 11:01:01 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

Here is something interesting: January 28, 2004 The Hutton report: main points Lord Hutton's statement BBC and Andrew Gilligan - Andrew Gilligan's claim that the 45-minutes claim was "sexed up" was unfounded. - BBC management and governors should have made more detailed investigation of Mr Gilligan's notes - BBC should have seen and approved Mr Gilligan's script before it was used in broadcast - The BBC was right to protect its independence but its procedure for dealing with the Government's complaints was "defective". Dr David Kelly - Dr Kelly did not tell Mr Gilligan that the government probably knew or suspected that the 45-minutes claim was wrong before it was inserted into the dossier. - Dr Kelly killed himself and no third party was involved. - No one involved in the inquiry was to know that Dr Kelly would kill himself. - Dr Kelly's meeting with Mr Gilligan was unauthorised and his discussion of intelligence was in breach of Civil Service rules. - Dr Kelly may have said more to Mr Gilligan than he intended to and did not realise the gravity of the situation he was creating. - Dr Kelly told his wife that he knew it was inevitable that his identity would become public Government and MoD - No underhand strategy within the Government to identify Dr Kelly to the media. - Tony Blair did not lie to journalists on a flight from Hong Kong when he said he did not name Kelly. - The Joint Intelligence Committee did not act inappropriately in considering the changes proposed by Downing Street Other - The debate on whether the dossier falsely made the case for war does not come under the terms of reference for his inquiry. - The final submissions of the parties involved in the inquiry, will be published on the inquiry's website today. timesonline.co.uk