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#810: February 18-23, 2004

Knowledge Fight

CHAPTER

Michael Shrimpton and the Assassination of David Kelly

Michael Shrimpton is the only actual known figure in any of this and is the only person whose credibility is possible to assess behind him. He has an alleged source who's anonymous, but who knew David Kelly, this person may or may not exist. There's an unspecified number of unnamed people at Whitehall who told the anonymous source that they knew that there was a plan to take out Kelly prior to his death. When the rubber meets the road, he doesn't even really know if these people exist. All he can possibly know is that this anonymous source told him they exist and said what they said. It's all sensational and attention grabbing, but it's just not something that rises to

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