On Her Majesty’s Scientific Civil Service

British military historian John Keegan takes a stab at reconstructing Dr. David Kelly’s suicidal state of mind. Keegan’s reconstruction is slightly more realistic than the usual “Tony Blair killed him” hysteria of the British press: “Dr Kelly found out how lonely it can be at the top.”

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