In an interview on Channel 4 News last night, Dyke said that the report showed that the BBC's claims that the WMD dossier had been embellished, particularly in relation to the claim that Iraq could launch an attack at 45 minutes' notice, were justified.
"The BBC was perfectly right to report Dr Kelly's allegations, Dr Kelly's concern. That's why I'm not at the BBC today, that's why Gavyn Davies is not at the BBC today and I would defend that decision forever," Dyke said.
Davies resigned after the Hutton Report into the death of weapons expert Dr Kelly said that the BBC editorial process was "defective". He was shortly followed by Dyke, whose departure was met with anger at Hutton by BBC staff. The pair have since been replaced by Michael Grade and Mark Thompson respectively.
Andrew Gilligan, the defence correspondent who used the phrase "sexed up" to describe the dossier, also appeared on Channel 4 News last night. Having lost his job after the publication of the Hutton Report in January, he said that he was very pleased with the Butler Report.
This weekend marks the first anniversary of Dr David Kelly's disappearance. Dyke paid tribute to him yesterday, saying he was a "brave man, prepared to speak out when he discovered something that was very wrong".
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