Blair denies leaking report
2004-01-28 14:34
London - British Prime Minister Tony Blair denied on Wednesday allegations that his government leaked the conclusions of a judicial report into the suicide of weapons expert David Kelly to the Sun newspaper.
"Nobody, as far as I am aware, has leaked this (report) from the government or any part of the government," Blair told the House of Commons a half-hour before Lord Brian Hutton was to begin summarising his findings.
He added that "we are very happy that there be an inquiry" into how The Sun got hold of excerpts of Hutton's conclusions which apparently cleared Blair's government of wrongdoing in the Kelly affair.
- AFP