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				As the casualty list mounts, the stage is set for the 'dark actors' DAVID Kelly's last e-mail spoke of "many dark actors playing games". The Hutton Inquiry has begun to shed light on the identity of those actors and the games they played. After just four days of evidence, the cast already includes the Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary and one of Britain's most senior intelligence figures. Alastair Campbell would not have written this script. August 16, 2003
				The Hutton Inquiry: Officials' anger at spin over dossier THE evidence came thick and fast; intelligence briefings, e-mails, personnel files and excerpts from government dossiers flashing up on the banks of computer screens set up on every desk in room 73 on the second floor of the Royal Courts of Justice. For the government, it could hardly have been worse. August 12, 2003
				The Hutton Enquiry: Gilligan reporting 'flawed and lacking judgment' IF THE first day of the Hutton inquiry was bad for the government, yesterday was a truly horrible day for Andrew Gilligan, the BBC reporter whose claims that Alastair Campbell "sexed up" the dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction triggered the row between his employers and Downing Street which ultimately ended in the death of the weapons expert Dr David Kelly. August 13, 2003
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				The Hutton Inquiry: Scientist refused to name Campbell MISGUIDED and false attempts to manipulate stories, actions taken not for proper purposes, significant differences in accounts which were being ignored, allegations of considerable pressure being exerted on an individual to back a dubious claim. It was certainly powerful stuff. August 14, 2003
				The Hutton Inquiry: As the truth emerges, net closes on Blair and Hoon UNTIL yesterday, it was still unclear why Dr David Kelly, a man apparently looking forward to returning to the job he loved best - hunting weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - should suddenly decide to take his own life. Yesterday, for the first time since the Hutton inquiry began, answers started to emerge, tightening the noose around the neck of Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence. August 15, 2003
				Rules of etiquette and breakneck pace collide in court hothouse THE first member of the public arrives at the Bell's Yard entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice in London just after 9am, his blue shirt soaked in sweat, his ample girth straining its buttons. Clutching a green plastic Harrods bag, he greets the security guard as an old friend. Then another man, in a white shirt this time - a better choice for the London heatwave - carrying a Selfridges plastic bag containing a bottle of water. There is clearly some sort of bag etiquette going on among the court watchers. August 16, 2003
				The Hutton Inquiry: Kelly:' I'll be found dead in woods' THE government weapons expert Dr David Kelly hinted that he might kill himself if Britain invaded Iraq because he felt he would have betrayed his contacts in that country, the Hutton inquiry was told yesterday. Asked in February what would happen if war came, he told a senior British diplomat that he would "probably be found dead in the woods". Five months later, his body was found in woodland near his home in Oxfordshire. August 22, 2003
				The Hutton Inquiry: Campbell and Hoon plotted to hasten naming of David Kelly ALASTAIR Campbell and Geoff Hoon proposed leaking information to a friendly newspaper which could have hastened the identification of the government weapons expert Dr David Kelly, the Hutton Inquiry was told yesterday. Downing Street was keen for Dr Kelly's name to be made public in the hope it would improve its case against the BBC in the row over claims that the dossier on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction had been "sexed-up". But Mr Campbell was talked out of the plan by colleagues who warned him that it was a "bad idea". August 21, 2003
				The Hutton Inquiry : Scientist scathing of original Gilligan story THE government weapons expert, Dr David Kelly, dismissed as "bull***t" a controversial BBC report which accused the government of making up intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the Hutton Inquiry heard yesterday. The BBC journalist, Andrew Gilligan, has already told the inquiry that Dr Kelly was his source for a story in which he asserted that the government had "sexed up" its document on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. August 22, 2003
				Silent presence on the bench tries to uncover the unspoken truth LORD Hutton is not a man of many words. For the first few days of his inquiry, a brief "good morning" and the occasional polite suggestion that the court takes a break for the benefit of the stenographers were his most adventurous forays into speech. But as the days have gone by and the evidence has poured out, he seems to have become clearer in his mind about where the inquiry is going, and with that clarity has come a desire to press witnesses harder to see whether the view that is forming in his mind is correct. So far, his line of questioning has suggested that he is unimpressed with the behaviour of either of the two main players, the government and the BBC. Why, he almost wonders out loud, didn't they just get their heads together and agree to differ? Why did they have to dig their heels in so hard that it took the death of Dr Kelly to bring them to their senses? Why didn't either of them spare a thought for the man in the middle? Geoff Hoon, August 23, 2003
				The Hutton Inquiry: Big Questions Remain TWO weeks into the Hutton inquiry, another six to go. Already, most of the main players have been obliged to take their place in the witness box to face the questions of James Dingemans, QC, senior counsel to the inquiry, and the odd interjections of Lord Hutton. For many, it has been an uncomfortable time, and Messrs Blair, Hoon and Scarlett have yet to face the music. But the really hard questions may well be yet to come when they are recalled for cross-examination by lawyers assembled by the government and the BBC as each side in this desperate fight to clear their names attempts to hammer home whatever advantage they believe they have gained. Andrew Gilligan, the BBC's defence and diplomatic correspondent on the Radio 4 Today programme, cannot be looking forward to a recall. August 26, 2003
				Campbell resignation: Government called in MI5 to hunt for BBC's source THE government was so desperate to find out who was the source of damaging BBC stories that it called in MI5 to carry out an unofficial investigation, documents released to the Hutton Inquiry revealed yesterday. August 30, 2003 -------------------------------------
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