“We have recovered a digital video file, which is consistent with that which had previously been described in various media reports, and that file forms part of the evidence of the charge that we have laid today [against Lisi],” [Chief] Blair said. So, it looks like the media “maggots” were right after
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Stephen Who? at the UN
Last year, Stephen Harper snubbed the UN and went to Tim Horton’s instead. This year, the UN snubbed Stephen Harper and went to Tim Horton’s instead. h/t impolitical
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Last year, Stephen Harper snubbed the UN and went to Tim Horton’s instead.This year, the UN snubbed Stephen Harper and went to Tim Horton’s instead.h/t impolitical
Continue readingliberal catnip: Stephen Who? at the UN
Last year, Stephen Harper snubbed the UN and went to Tim Horton’s instead. This year, the UN snubbed Stephen Harper and went to Tim Horton’s instead. h/t impolitical
Continue readingCons Steal a Page From Nixon’s Playbook
When Daniel Ellsberg leaked the now infamous “Pentagon Papers” in the 1970s, the Nixon gang decided to go after him with a vengeance. Via Wiki: As a response to the leaks, the Nixon administration began a campaign against further leaks and against Ellsberg personally.[17] Aides Egil Krogh and David Young
Continue readingliberal catnip: Cons Steal a Page From Nixon’s Playbook
When Daniel Ellsberg leaked the now infamous “Pentagon Papers” in the 1970s, the Nixon gang decided to go after him with a vengeance.
Via Wiki:
As a response to the leaks, the Nixon administration began a campaign against further leaks and against Ellsberg personally.[17] Aides Egil Krogh and David Young under John Ehrlichman’s supervision created the “White House Plumbers”, which would later lead to the Watergate burglaries.
In August 1971, Krogh and Young met with G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt in a basement office in the Old Executive Office Building. Hunt and Liddy recommended a “covert operation” to get a “mother lode” of information about Ellsberg’s mental state to discredit him. Krogh and Young sent a memo to Ehrlichman seeking his approval for a “covert operation [to] be undertaken to examine all of the medical files still held by Ellsberg’s psychiatrist.” Ehrlichman approved under the condition that it be “done under your assurance that it is not traceable.”[18]
On September 3, 1971, the burglary of Lewis Fielding’s office, titled “Hunt/Liddy Special Project No.1” in Ehrlichman’s notes, was carried out by Hunt, Liddy and CIA agents Eugenio Martinez, Felipe de Diego and Bernard Barker. The “Plumbers” failed to find Ellsberg’s file. Hunt and Liddy subsequently planned to break into Fielding’s home, but Ehrlichman did not approve the second burglary.
The break-in was not known to Ellsberg or to the public until it came to light during Ellsberg and Russo’s trial in April 1973.
Fast forward to this century and have a look at the case of Sean Bruyea:
OTTAWA – Confidential medical and financial information belonging to an outspoken critic of Veterans Affairs, including part of a psychiatrist’s report, found its way into the briefing notes of a cabinet minister.
Highly personal information about Sean Bruyea was contained in a 13-page briefing note prepared by bureaucrats in 2006 for then minister Greg Thompson, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press.
The note, with two annexes of detailed information, laid out in detail Bruyea’s medical and psychological condition.
It’s no secret that the Stephen Harper cabal will go to almost any lengths to stifle dissent – from muzzling Conservative MPs and ministers to firing scientists and calling opposition members traitors and terrorist sympathizers – but this has to be a new low.
So, how did Harper react to this situation? By doing what he always does: blaming the previous Liberal government. But there’s a very obvious problem with that little tactic:
The New Veterans Charter was an initiative that straddled the transition between Paul Martin’s Liberal government in 2005-2006 and Mr. Harper’s Conservatives, who assumed power in late January, 2006.
A briefing note prepared for former veterans affairs minister Greg Thompson in March, 2006, was laced with private medical and financial information about Mr. Bruyea, including a quote from a psychiatrist’s letter.
Experts called it a flagrant breach of the country’s privacy laws and an attempt to destroy the former military intelligence officer’s credibility.
The note was prepared for Mr. Thompson in advance of a meeting he had with Mr. Bruyea on March 28, 2006.
From Bruyea’s site:
The document path even went as high as the Prime Minister’s Office when on March 21, 2006, a mid-level staffer called Bruyea and urged to him call off a news conference slated for that day where he publicly urged the Conservatives to hold off enacting the charter.
Harper now claims his government will cooperate fully with an investigation. When have we heard that before?
liberal catnip: Cons Steal a Page From Nixon’s Playbook
When Daniel Ellsberg leaked the now infamous “Pentagon Papers” in the 1970s, the Nixon gang decided to go after him with a vengeance. Via Wiki: As a response to the leaks, the Nixon administration began a campaign against further leaks and against Ellsberg personally.[17] Aides Egil Krogh and David Young
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Questions for the Cons: Do you understand now why holding the G20 summit in downtown Toronto was a huge fucking mistake? Did you really think these summits would boost Ontario tourism? Really? Care to comment on how at least 3 cop cars were torched after apparently being left unattended? How
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Questions for the Cons:
Do you understand now why holding the G20 summit in downtown Toronto was a huge fucking mistake?
Did you really think these summits would boost Ontario tourism? Really?
Care to comment on how at least 3 cop cars were torched after apparently being left unattended?
How about the report about a journalist who was punched in the face? Got anything to say about that?
And this one? Emomotimi Azorbo charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, but friends say he couldn’t hear and follow police instructions. He is deaf.
Can you tell us why the TO police chief says he’s “shocked” by the violence? “Shocked”?
Seriously, if you Cons thought Canadians were outraged at the $1 billion security tab you racked up for this farce, just wait until the fallout from this really hits the fan.
And Saturday nite has only just begun…
And while you try to blame what’s going on on a bunch of anarchists, more than a bit of self-reflection about this absolutely bone-headed, politically-motivated decision you made about the location of this clusterfuck will definitely be in order.
I’ll tell you what: next time you guys want to get together, do the rest of us a favour and try Cuba. I hear Gitmo has damn good and cheap security. And that pesky “free speech” thing won’t even be an issue.
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Questions for the Cons: Do you understand now why holding the G20 summit in downtown Toronto was a huge fucking mistake? Did you really think these summits would boost Ontario tourism? Really? Care to comment on how at least 3 cop cars were torched after apparently being left unattended? How
Continue readingControl Freak Steve
It’s no surprise that Father Knows Best Harper has been using a tightly controlled message strategery to muzzle his ministers and anyone who represents his government or that they’ve tried for years to cloak the Canadian involvement in the Afghanistan war as some sort of peacekeeping mission. (See also: 2007:
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It’s no surprise that Father Knows Best Harper has been using a tightly controlled message strategery to muzzle his ministers and anyone who represents his government or that they’ve tried for years to cloak the Canadian involvement in the Afghanistan …
Continue readingliberal catnip: Control Freak Steve
It’s no surprise that Father Knows Best Harper has been using a tightly controlled message strategery to muzzle his ministers and anyone who represents his government or that they’ve tried for years to cloak the Canadian involvement in the Afghanistan war as some sort of peacekeeping mission. (See also: 2007:
Continue readingQuote du Jour: Today’s Parliamentary Food Fight
After QP today, BQ member Michel Guimond, while being heckled during a point of order about repeated accusations by the Cons who have said the party does not support children and that it sides with criminals, responded with this little swipe about Shelly Glover, MP for St Boniface (a former
Continue readingConfused about the Guergis/Jaffer Affair?
Here’s the bottom line: Nobody is taking responsibility for anything (which pretty much sums up everything you need to know about government as well). And if you’re really into making your head explode, you can watch Snowdy’s testimony here.
Continue readingMemo to Helena Guergis
Memo to Helena Guergis: If you want to be believed, try telling the truth. Don’t rely on crocodile tears about how Stephen Harper isn’t your BFF anymore; what a good Christian you supposedly are; tales about how you were working so hard that you had absolutely no idea what was
Continue readingBaird Accuses Liberal MP of Lobbying
Bully Boy John Baird launched a scathing attack against Liberal MP Derek Lee today – going as far as accusing Lee of lobbying on behalf of (scary-sounding) “foreign organizations”. From what I can gather, Baird was blustering about Lee’s bio on the Sun & Partners site – a firm he
Continue readingThis week in Conservatives behaving badly…
– The Cons have stripped Helena Guergis of the chance to run in her riding without, she claims in a letter to the party, providing any reason for the decision. She is also scheduled to testify, along with her husband Rahim Jaffer, at the government operations committee on June 9th.
Continue readingThe Afghan Documents: The Speaker’s Ruling
After providing an exhaustive review (45 minutes of background, precendents and rulings) of the case of whether Harper’s government had breached parliamentary privilege by censoring and delaying the release of the documents related to questions about w…
Continue readingJaffer – The Victim
Rahim Jaffer, appearing in front of the government operations committee this afternoon – choking back crocodile tears while proclaiming what a victim he is – claimed that he has never lobbied the government on behalf of his business, Green Power Genera…
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