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The Hutton Inquiry was a British judicial inquiry chaired by Lord Hutton, appointed by the United Kingdom Labour government to investigate the death of a government weapons expert, Dr David Kelly. The inquiry opened in August 2003 and reported on January 28, 2004. Its terms of reference were to "urgently
In his report, Hutton began by saying that he was "satisfied that Dr Kelly took his own life". He then concluded that the British Broadcasting Corporation's allegations that the government had knowingly "sexed up" a report into Iraq's weapons of mass destruction — the "September Dossier" — were unfounded. The inquiry's findings prompted the immediate resignation of the BBC's chairman, Gavyn Davies, its Director General (chief executive) Greg Dyke, and the journalist at the centre of the allegations, Andrew Gilligan. Lord Hutton retired as a Law Lord following the report's publication.
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Media Guardian: Special Report: Iraq Dossier Affair - Ongoing coverage about the roles of Downing Street and Dr David Kelly in the preparation of the dossier about Iraq's WMD, and how that led to the Hutton Inquiry.
Media Guardian: Special Report: The Hutton Inquiry - Ongoing coverage includes daily news reports from both The Guardian and Media Guardian, profiles of the key people, background information and links to related special reports and government sites.
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