In this interview David Kelly chose not to talk about Iraq. Instead, he described an earlier highly secret weapons of mass destruction in a country which imposed a far greater threat: Soviet Union. This was a country with some of the most deadly biological and chemical weapons ever produced, and which unlike Iraq, had delivery systems capable of reaching anywhere in the West. Germ Warfare: Dr Kelly’s Last Interview, Channel 5 2004
On July 17th 2003 Dr David Kelly was found dead in the woods near his home in Oxfordshire. The tragedy followed weeks of controversy about the government’s use of intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. ibid.
David Kelly’s pivotal role in the secret investigation of the Soviet bio-warfare programme is a chilling Cold War thriller. ibid.
This mounting concern was mirrored behind the Iron Curtain where public information films were also released to prepare the Soviet people for a biological attack. ibid.
The greatest risk of infection at Fort Detrick was to the scientists themselves. ibid.
Just around the corner was a new generation of scientists like David Kelly committed to ending the Cold War bio-warfare research. ibid.
Dr Kelly led a small elite group of experts into the heart of the Soviet Union’s most secret scientific facilities. ibid.