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No 10 admits attempt to smear Dr Kelly

DOWNING Street was yesterday forced to admit that one of its top officials smeared Dr David Kelly, the late government weapons adviser, as a 'Walter Mitty character' three days before his funeral.
Tom Kelly, one of two official spokesmen for Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, has privately admitted that he was the source who cast aspersions on the credibility of Dr Kelly, the weapons expert who is to be buried tomorrow.
His confession humiliated No 10, which had categorically denied any of its staff had attempted to blacken Dr Kelly's name in a bid to discredit him.