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Hours before he died, Kelly told of 'dark actors playing games'

David Kelly wrote of "many dark actors playing games" in an email sent just hours before his death.
Dr Kelly, The New York Times reported yesterday, sent the message to an unnamed journalist saying he wanted to wait "until the end of the week" before judging how his appearance before the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee had gone.
When put in the context of earlier conversations with the reporter, the paper concluded the "dark actors" seemed to be a reference to officials from the Ministry of Defence and British intelligence agencies "with whom he had often sparred over interpretations of intelligence reports".
But the government scientist had also sent a "combative" email to Professor Alastair Hay, a friend who had expressed the hope that he was dealing with the pressure, in which he "expressed a determination to overcome the scandal encircling him and an enthusiasm about returning to Iraq". "Hopefully it will soon pass and I will get back to Baghdad and get on with the real job," the email said.