Reflecting on recent years, Sir Michael described the events leading to the publication of Lord Hutton's report examining the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly as the "greatest existential threat the BBC has faced in recent times".
He also said what many are thinking about the looming report by Lord Hutton into the death of Dr David Kelly.
"President Carter's message is notable for making no reference to the circumstances of Lord Mountbatten's death, " said a Foreign Office official.
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One comparable event was the death of Admiral Lord Nelson in 1805.
The following is the full text of Lord Hutton's statement on the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly.
In a fascinating essay for The American Spectator's website, Jeffrey Lord attributes the Democrats' problems (or "The Death of Liberalism, " the title of Spectator editor Bob Tyrrell's new book) to a cultural shift that took place after JFK's assassination.
Lord Hutton, who chaired a 2003 inquiry into the death of Iraq weapons expert Dr David Kelly, is also in favour of the bulk of the evidence in the latest inquiry being heard in public, according to The Independent newspaper.
Jailing him for five years and four months, Lord Matthews told Khan that he had "brought about the death of your wife and that has been the cause of a huge amount of grief for her family".
In the obsequies that have followed Lord Jenkins's death this week it has been claimed that the policies of Britain's present Labour government are, in essence, his creation.
Lord Laming, who reviewed child protection in England in the wake of Baby P's death, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that more training was needed for frontline staff.
Lord Wilson, who was born in Huddersfield in 1916, became Labour leader in 1963 on the death of Hugh Gaitskell, and won the general election the following year.
Lord Laming, who carried out a wide-ranging review of child protection services after Baby P's death, said the tragedy reinforced his belief that reforms had to be implemented nationwide.
The fresh inquest into the Hillsborough disaster was ordered at the end of last year when a panel of three High Court judges, headed by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, quashed the original accidental death verdicts.
The panel of peers, MPs, academics and medical professionals recommended all those with terminal illnesses with less than a year to live should be able to request an assisted death but Lord Falconer said he had been persuaded this should be reduced to six months because of greater certainty of diagnosis.
Sentencing her Lord Turnbull said it was a "tragic case", but that Scott must take responsibility for the death of Mr Dornan.
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