Look, Kelly was talking to the reporters. There is no denying that. He was not supposed to be talking with them and he had a reason for doing it. He wanted to undermine the government and he gave the basis of these stories to the media.
Then the media hyped what he had said and they built it up to where Blair and the rest were and still ARE, thanks to Kelly, accused of lying about the threat that Iraq posed.
Where have we heard that before? Why our own media is on the same tack and they have sources who are anti-administration that feed them the seeds from which these yellowcake stories and the like spring forth.
I stand second to no one in my contempt of the media, but let's not exonerate Dr. Kelly. What he did was wrong and he knew it. He was not honest with the committee and perhaps his conscience did smite him at the last and so he did away with himself. It is the only explanation that makes sense and as evidence emerges--see the tapes Watts produced--it becomes clear.