The Wages of Spin is Death: Kelly didn't stand a chance against the frenzy of No 10
There are secondary players in this sordid game. The BBC's and Gilligan's performance on the question of the source has been shifty. No doubt they had to be careful. Confidentiality is a sacred and essential rule. But when Kelly first appeared, they said the real source was in a different department, implying an intelligence official rather than a defence consultant.
· Doctoring dossier [Guardian ]
· Doctoring death [Independent ]