British Expert on Iraqi Arms dead, just days after being used by Ministry of Defence in feud with BBC: "Friends of Dr David Kelly have spoken of his deep unhappiness at his treatment since he revealed he had spoken to the BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan, saying he was 'served up' to politicians who put 'intolerable pressure' on him.
One scientist colleague described him as a man of deep integrity and said the way he had been treated as a 'ping pong' ball in a political game was 'absolutely inexcusable'.
Tom Mangold, a television journalist and close friend of Dr Kelly, said he had spoken this morning to the government adviser's wife, Janice. She had said her husband was deeply unhappy and furious at how events had unfurled.
'She told me he had been under considerable stress, that he was very, very angry about what had happened at the committee, that he wasn't well, that he had been to a safe house, he hadn't liked that, he wanted to come home,' Mr Mangold told ITV News.
'She didn't use the word depressed, but she said he was very, very stressed and unhappy about what had happened and this was really not the kind of world he wanted to live in.' "
Another casualty of the Iraq war? This man was used by the British Minister of Defense to force the BBC to reveal the source of some very controversial information. Their attempt didn't work. But it looks like they have precipitated the death of an honest man. This is a good example of how the political process is being corrupted by the US and UK to support their war policies.
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