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
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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.
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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.
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🔳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)
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'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)
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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:
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☞ "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 ±
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☞ "The Forensic Team has no other source of information"
☞ "The Forensic Team was unable to find information to answer [these important questions.]"
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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
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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";
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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,
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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.
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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
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🚨 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.
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"[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.
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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.
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🔳 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.
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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
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)
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SADLY (understatement), they have become synonymous with «REPARATIONS».
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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.
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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?
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",
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
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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.
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.
"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.
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