TWENTY-NINE (29) WORDS were all Prime Minister Trudeau needed to complete the steering away of his government's narrative from justice AND SHIFT TO negotiations and reparations.

TAKEN TOGETHER, the 'Forensic Report' [hereafter, the 'REPORT'] and the RCMP

@ps752justice
2/24
Commissioner's letter [the 'LETTER'] to the families of the victims of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 #PS752 < CLEAR THE WAY > of the only potential obstacles and hindrances that might have prevented this (cunning) shift.
3/24
DON'T OVERLOOK these eight (8) seemingly innocuous-looking words in personal 'Message From The Prime Minister To The Families.'

NO MENTION of justice, ONLY reparations. The families view this as [quote] "blood money" in the absence of criminal culpability and prosecution.
4/24
🔳THE REPORT
IT CONCLUDES: "While the Forensic Team found no evidence that the downing of Flight PS52 was premeditated,"

THE APHORISM "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" < most assuredly > applies here. (Below)

5/24
'Mens Rea' refers to criminal intent. It relates to the state of mind statutorily required in order to convict a particular defendant of a particular crime.

THE REPORT, however, facilitates the rendering of facts to conform with civil negligence(a failure to exercise care)
6/24
NOT SURPRISINGLY, one finds oneself naturally asking whether every reasonable attempt to gather evidence was in fact made.

IN THE REPORT, a minimum of twenty-five (25) phraseologies like those following (or variations thereof) are dispersed throughout:
7/24

☞ "Information available to the Forensic Team"
☞ "every available piece of information"
☞ "Based on information available"
☞ "Information at its [the Forensic Team's] disposal"
AND
☞ "Given the totality of information available"
EVEN ±
8/24

☞ "The Forensic Team has no other source of information"
☞ "The Forensic Team was unable to find information to answer [these important questions.]"
9/24
AS A FORMER @rcmpgrcpolice #RCMP (Ret'd), and designated Major Case Manager, such phrasing would belie deeper inadequacies and demand a more thorough investigation. This REPORT appears slapdash and hurriedly released.

AND, IF THIS MATTER wasn't so serious and the stakes so
10/24
extraordinarily high, frankly this report would be viewed as so substandard as to be 'laughable' [italics].

IN Shakespeare's Hamlet, many will be familiar with: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks";
11/24
in the REPORT, 'Yaworski [Head, Forensic Examination and Assessment Team] doth draw too much attention to the paucity of information.'

HOW MANY TIMES must the Report underscore its own deficiencies?

AS IF these repeated phraseologies weren't sufficiently detrimental,
12/24
the REPORT next disproportionately highlights the 'lack of cooperation' received from Iran. This should come as no surprise to anyone.

BUT, the repeated references verge on (feeble) bemoaning. It is one thing to point out what is necessary, but nobody celebrates beggars.
13/24
Examples:
☞ "Iran has not provided any substantive information"
☞ "[Iran] did not share information"
☞ "Iran has not been forthcoming"
☞ "Iran has provided no concrete information"
AND
☞ "Iran has not provided any information to substantiate its claim" ... among others
14/24
🚨 IN A FUTURE Tweet, the (peculiar) manner in which the REPORT engages in a type of (indirect) interrogatories with Iran will be examined.

AS STATED, the REPORT evinces a discernible 'done too hurriedly' and rush to publication.
15/24
"[The REPORT] draws upon an extensive body of information to develop this all-source factual analysis."[Page 12]

UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION, the extensive body of information isn't so extensive after all. It's largely publicly available and open-source information.
16/24
WITH RESPECT TO "discussions with and material provided by several family members" prefaced with "also benefit from" smacks strongly of an obligatory inclusion. Considering there were 85 victims with a direct association to Canada,"several" seems impressively underwhelming.
17/24
🔳 THE LETTER

IT CONTAINS, the decision by @CommrRCMPGRC not to open domestic Canadian criminal investigation into the "intentional" shooting down of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752, and with it the (mass) murder of 55 Canadian citizens by terrorist attack.
18/24
Previous Thread (examining the anomalies of the language employed by the RCMP Commissioner in the First Paragraph of Page 2)

IN MY OPINION - WHILE the decision may bear her signature - it is but optics. The Commissioner's own words indicate that

19/24
it originated from 'elsewhere and outside' the Office of the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

THAT SAID, and irregardless, the Commissioner is ultimately responsible and accountable, though.

AND AS SUCH, she has been positioned

20/24
to take the fall for it.

WHILE THIS government has touted (given lip service to) 'justice, accountability and transparency', the meaning of these words aren't in dispute. The families, and indeed Canadians, understand their importance.

Justice has been deleted. (Below)
21/24
SADLY (understatement), they have become synonymous with «REPARATIONS».

22/24
IN CLOSING, the REPORT and the LETTER effectively act in tandem and buttress one another, to provide this government with a basis to pivot away (cleanly) from any prospect of a criminal investigation AND TO negotiations for a settlement.

23/24
AND IN SO DOING, will this government also toss the Ontario Superior Court decision of Justice Edward Belobaba onto the bargaining table to be dealt away during the state-to-state negotiations?
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21 Jul
WHILE ENTITLED, a "FACTUAL ANALYSIS" ...

YET, it is (strangely) silent on a recent Ontario Superior Court decision (20 May 2021) that found the shooting down of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 to be "intentional" and an "act of terrorism",

@ps752justice
AJ
2/6
even though dated 24 June 2021. One might even say, «DEAFENINGLY SILENT».

THAT SAID, silence has its own sound.

MORE THAN SUFFICIENT time existed to include even a passing, simple acknowledgement of existence of ONSC decision, as it is undeniably relevant and significant
3/6
development.

THE ONSC DECISION is in «STARK CONTRAST» to the conclusion reached by Forensic Examination and Assessment Team (FEAT)(Below).

THE FACT THAT its existence is not so much as acknowledged raises concerns.

IT IS BEYOND the scope of this Thread to explore
Read 7 tweets
20 Jul
CIRCUMLOCUTION

WHAT IS NOW referred to as the 'forensic report' is an exercise in evasiveness.

IN A WORD, it is «DECEPTIVE».

THIS LACQUERED PRESENTATION contains little more than a regurgitation of information available in the public domain.

WORSE THOUGH ...
@ps752justice
2/0
IT IS ULTIMATELY an attempt to mislead not only the families of victims, but also Canadians - which is, «UNACCEPTABLE»

IN A SERIES OF TWEETS, we'll be focusing on specific shortcomings, the 'chinks in its armour' of this highly-prepared 88-page report.

#ps752justice
Read 4 tweets
19 Jul
HERE'S AN «I NSIDE » GLIMPSE of what took place during the meeting with the families of victims of Flight PS752 on June 9, 2021.

AS ONE FAMILY MEMBER DESCRIBES IT:
@CommrRCMPGRC @rcmpgrcpolice monopolized 45 minutes (of a 60 minute meeting). Frustrations grew.

@ps752 #cdnpoli
2/4
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki referred to criminal ❮ONLY> with respect to tracking of threats and intimidation. She steered clear of any mention of a domestic Canadian criminal investigation into the intentional downing of the aircraft. Finally, she was asked whether there
3/4
was/would be such an investigation. When she informed them there would be no Canadian criminal investigation, anger boiled over.

AT THIS POINT, RCMP technicians muted microphones and disabled 'Hand Raise' feature preventing many family members from participating further.
Read 6 tweets
16 Jul
ONE DOESN'T HAVE to be trained in linguistic text analysis to be able to see any anomalies indicative of deception.

THIS LETTER contains a number of (glaring) anomalies.

AS A FORMER @rcmpgrcpolice (Ret'd), I received specialized training in forensic interviewing.

@ps752justice
2/16
FIRST PARAGRAPH of PAGE 2
First of the anomalies is actually a 'Biggie'

HERE @CommrRCMPGRC purports to answer a specific (but carefully-crafted and unasked) question. [Yellow]

LIKE THOSE fabricating a story,the Commissioner's (supposed) answer is simple and brief.[Green]
3/16
LIKE ANY DECEPTIVE PERSON, she is minimizing the risk of exposure. Essentially, the fewer the facts that might be proved false, the better.

IN FACT, it doesn't answer the only question of any importance at this juncture, what I'll refer to as the 'actual' question, namely:
Read 17 tweets
15 Jul
FOURTEEN (14) WORDS, THAT'S ALL ...

AND WITH THEM, @CommrRCMPGRC may well have sealed her legacy in ignominy.

WHEN THE PUBLIC OUTCRY COMES, Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau @CanadianPM has positioned yet another woman to take the fall.

@ps752justice #PS752 #cdnpoli
2/2
Previous Thread

"AS A FORMER @rcmpgrcpolice #RCMP (Ret'd), and as a Canadian, I am outraged."

I will NOT sit idly and I will NOT remain silent. 55 Canadian citizens (and their families) deserve nothing less than knowing THAT we, too, feel anguish.

3/3
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” (Benjamin Franklin)

Spoken recently by @Daniel_Ghods to the families of the victims of Flight #PS752.
Read 4 tweets
6 Jul
RISKING SERIOUS UNDERSTATEMENT

The decision by @CommrRCMPGRC has been made in what can only be described as a «CLEAR DISREGARD» for the provisions of the Criminal Code

... AND THERE is none more serious than the innocent lives of 55 Canadian citizens, murdered.

@ps752justice
2/9
THIS DECISION, which for appearances, will be (grimly) portrayed as having originated solely with RCMP Commissioner ...

THEN ONE MUST ASK:
What is the likelihood that the Commissioner made a decision « AS CONSEQUENTIAL AS » whether 'to launch or not open a Canadian criminal
3/9
investigation' herself (and herself alone)?

TO BE CLEAR, and supposedly without the 'input' [italics] and without any direction from PM @JustinTrudeau (and very probably @BillBlair @DavidLametti @MarcGarneau @OmarAlghabra).
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