“In fact, soon after 9/11, Bush overturned the 25-year ban on state assassinations and gave the CIA permission to eliminate individuals designated by the President. Might Dr Kelly have been just such an individual? 
Folk on the previous thread seem to think that I should have dismissed Norman Baker’s belief that David Kelly might have been murdered so quickly. The problem is when you read through the serialisation of his book is it so littered with the most incredible conspiracy theories that he insists on treating with a seriousness that they don’t deserve, that it becomes hard to take Baker seriously any more. Take this section from the extract serialised under the headline, “Could America have been involved in the death of David Kelly?”
If so, I think it likely that America would have forewarned the British Prime Minister, though not necessarily sought his permission.
Of course, if Tony Blair had received such a call, knowing what we do of his subservient approach to Bush, one can well believe he might have said yes.” Now to be fair, Baker goes on to dismiss the possibility of American involvement. But can anyone really think that there is the remotest chance that the US President might phone up the British Prime Minister and say ‘hi there we’re planning on bumping off one of your government servants, just wanted to let you know’ and that the British PM would reply ‘OK then, thanks for the heads-up’?
The fact that Baker is prepared to imagine that Blair might have acquiesced to such a request, or that the request might have been made in the first place, forfeits his right to be taken seriously.
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