Det er interessant å se Lord Huttons beskrivelse av møtet mellom Kelly og Gilligan 22. mai 2002. Det forekomer meg at Hutton har det rette dispassionate blikk på hendelsene:

Lord Hutton said Dr Kelly could be «gossipy and chatty» and criticised him for his May 22 meeting with Gilligan at a central London hotel:

«Dr Kelly’s meeting with Mr Gilligan was unauthorised and in meeting Mr Gilligan and discussing intelligence matters with him, Dr Kelly was acting in breach of the civil service code of procedure which applied to him.»

Kelly var imøtekommende. Alle journalister nyter godt av slike velmenende mennesker, som ikke sier nei, men gjerne stiller opp.

He said the scientist might not have realised the ferocity of the maelstrom that would break around him:

«It may be that when he met Mr Gilligan, Dr Kelly said more to him than he had intended to say and that at the time of the meeting he did not realise the gravity of the situation which he was helping to create

Dett er the stuff of Greek drama. Når Kelly sitter i baren og snakker med Gilligan utløser han kreftene som skal ta hans eget liv. Har vi noensinne hørt Gilligan be om unnskyldning? Hadde det vært en annen journalist tror jeg storyen hadde endt annerledes. Faktisk. Likevel velger det britiske journalistforbundet å stille seg 100 prosent bak Gilligan og lover bråk hvis BBC sier ham opp.