Campbell wanted to out Kelly as BBC source

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL wanted to expose Government weapons expert David Kelly as the BBC’s source on the Iraq weapons dossier as he thought it would “f***” reporter Andrew’s Gilligan’s story, the Hutton Inquiry was told yesterday.

Extracts from the outgoing No 10 communication’s chief’s secret diary, released to the inquiry, show he believed that making the scientist’s name public was “the biggest thing”. In a further extract, he said he had been assured by the Ministry of Defence that Dr Kelly had been “well-schooled” before he gave evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.

Mr Campbell, in his second appearance before the inquiry, said he had been “very, very angry and frustrated” about Mr Gilligan’s report which claimed he had “sexed up” the Iraq dossier to strengthen the case for war.