1/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
It's been hard for me to watch #CDNmedia coverage of the 2 Michaels, knowing there's a pointless media blackout that's resulted in widespread #disinformation & exploitation by partisan actors
This #thread is RE Spavor
It's been hard for me to watch #CDNmedia coverage of the 2 Michaels, knowing there's a pointless media blackout that's resulted in widespread #disinformation & exploitation by partisan actors
This #thread is RE Spavor
https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1433410066896629761
2/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Canada has become a laughing stock to our global partners due to #CDNmedia suppression of facts about Spavor & Kovrig, that are available to everyone else in the world, including 🇨🇦, if we only bothered to google
►archive.is/9IxGI
Canada has become a laughing stock to our global partners due to #CDNmedia suppression of facts about Spavor & Kovrig, that are available to everyone else in the world, including 🇨🇦, if we only bothered to google
►archive.is/9IxGI
3/26 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
I've known facts about the #2Michaels for some time & I declined to share earlier so it wouldn't impact Spavor & Kovrig's trials in #China. But that collective ignorance is being weaponized against voters & both sides have been disingenuous in recent news
I've known facts about the #2Michaels for some time & I declined to share earlier so it wouldn't impact Spavor & Kovrig's trials in #China. But that collective ignorance is being weaponized against voters & both sides have been disingenuous in recent news
4/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
When I say 'both sides' have been disingenuous, I mean #CDNmedia & Chinese media
There are surely #NatSec reasons why the Canadian govt wasn't forthcoming initially, but I'm about to show you how deceptive the Fourth Estate behaved throughout
When I say 'both sides' have been disingenuous, I mean #CDNmedia & Chinese media
There are surely #NatSec reasons why the Canadian govt wasn't forthcoming initially, but I'm about to show you how deceptive the Fourth Estate behaved throughout
5/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Time & again Canadians were told we didn't know anything about the 2 Michaels but that's, quite simply, false. The details I'm about to share RE Michael Spavor were previously published, at least in part, in both the BBC & National Post
Time & again Canadians were told we didn't know anything about the 2 Michaels but that's, quite simply, false. The details I'm about to share RE Michael Spavor were previously published, at least in part, in both the BBC & National Post
6/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
It's a #NatSec issue in & of itself that partisans, from the former PMO & leaders of right-wing parties, are able to steer #CDNmedia
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It's a #NatSec issue in & of itself that partisans, from the former PMO & leaders of right-wing parties, are able to steer #CDNmedia
1►archive.is/azJcC
2►archive.is/jZKJv
3►archive.is/MWseU
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https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1410575471973183489
7/26 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
What Canadians don't understand is that we're in a delicate predicament with #China RE the #2Michaels, so every time the #CPC & #NDP push for harsh retaliation, they're gambling recklessly with the lives of Spavor & Kovrig
This behaviour must stop
What Canadians don't understand is that we're in a delicate predicament with #China RE the #2Michaels, so every time the #CPC & #NDP push for harsh retaliation, they're gambling recklessly with the lives of Spavor & Kovrig
This behaviour must stop
8/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Here's what voters don't know, but #CDNmedia & politicians did know or ought to have known, with bare minimum of help from an internet search engine. All they had to do was enquire
Michael Spavor befriended North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un
Here's what voters don't know, but #CDNmedia & politicians did know or ought to have known, with bare minimum of help from an internet search engine. All they had to do was enquire
Michael Spavor befriended North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un
9/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Canadian Michael Spavor is the person who facilitated visits to North Korea by Dennis Rodman, Donald Trump, & Mike Pompeo #USpoli
He also arranged a hockey game with anonymous ex-NHLers under the guise of tourism
►archive.is/sEdy1
Canadian Michael Spavor is the person who facilitated visits to North Korea by Dennis Rodman, Donald Trump, & Mike Pompeo #USpoli
He also arranged a hockey game with anonymous ex-NHLers under the guise of tourism
►archive.is/sEdy1
10/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor was also part of the historic meeting between North & South Korea (another Trump mission) . Many photos have been deleted since his trial but I had copies before that happened
Article
►archive.is/p8nLm
Missing photos:
Michael Spavor was also part of the historic meeting between North & South Korea (another Trump mission) . Many photos have been deleted since his trial but I had copies before that happened
Article
►archive.is/p8nLm
Missing photos:
11/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Just so we're clear about how closely Michael Spavor was involved with Kim Jong Un & subsequently Donald Trump/Mike Pompeo, here are a few more pictures from the past decade (that were certainly connected with the US State Dept):
Just so we're clear about how closely Michael Spavor was involved with Kim Jong Un & subsequently Donald Trump/Mike Pompeo, here are a few more pictures from the past decade (that were certainly connected with the US State Dept):
12/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Canadian Michael Spavor was further connected with the Govts of #China & #SouthKorea, as well as #NorthKorea's military & Kim Jong Un's lover. Please see additional photos:
Canadian Michael Spavor was further connected with the Govts of #China & #SouthKorea, as well as #NorthKorea's military & Kim Jong Un's lover. Please see additional photos:
13/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor was instrumental to developing biz investment on behalf of Kim Jong Un. Though Canadian voters believe that #NorthKorea is constrained by sanctions, billions of dollars are still flowing
Article
►archive.is/6gvVj
Pix:
Michael Spavor was instrumental to developing biz investment on behalf of Kim Jong Un. Though Canadian voters believe that #NorthKorea is constrained by sanctions, billions of dollars are still flowing
Article
►archive.is/6gvVj
Pix:
14/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Via Citibank
'It would open the north’s mineral wealth to exploitation: deposits of 200 minerals, including the world’s 2nd largest deposit of magnesium & rare metals thought to be worth $10 trillion'
Article
►archive.is/SOKlm
Pix:
Via Citibank
'It would open the north’s mineral wealth to exploitation: deposits of 200 minerals, including the world’s 2nd largest deposit of magnesium & rare metals thought to be worth $10 trillion'
Article
►archive.is/SOKlm
Pix:
15/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
With a microchip shortage killing biz in 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧, the rare metals in #NorthKorea are coveted, but #China & #Russia are already building the #SilkRoad railroad (G7 versus BRICS)
Article
►archive.is/SOKlm
Spavor inspected that operation
With a microchip shortage killing biz in 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧, the rare metals in #NorthKorea are coveted, but #China & #Russia are already building the #SilkRoad railroad (G7 versus BRICS)
Article
►archive.is/SOKlm
Spavor inspected that operation
16/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
At the border between #NorthKorea & #China there's been a building boom that Michael Spavor addressed with foreign media. He was often interviewed & cited by Asian Pacific press as the primary regional expert
aljazeera.com/videos/2018/7/…
At the border between #NorthKorea & #China there's been a building boom that Michael Spavor addressed with foreign media. He was often interviewed & cited by Asian Pacific press as the primary regional expert
aljazeera.com/videos/2018/7/…
17/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor established his biz HQ at that tenuous border between #China & #NorthKorea, on the Chinese side. It provided a good view of the space where Kim Jong Un tested nuclear missiles (he spoke about the vibrations at least once)
Michael Spavor established his biz HQ at that tenuous border between #China & #NorthKorea, on the Chinese side. It provided a good view of the space where Kim Jong Un tested nuclear missiles (he spoke about the vibrations at least once)
18/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor & Michael Kovrig are friends & they were sometimes quoted in Asian media together, as seen in this link about North Korea’s Special Economic Zone with mining considerations
Article
►archive.is/kGzFr
Spavor/Kovrig post:
Michael Spavor & Michael Kovrig are friends & they were sometimes quoted in Asian media together, as seen in this link about North Korea’s Special Economic Zone with mining considerations
Article
►archive.is/kGzFr
Spavor/Kovrig post:
19/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Kovrig was a Canadian diplomat who traded the safety of his credentials to work for Crisis Group on de-escalating tensions between Washington & Pyongyang, as well as the Koreas
x1►archive.is/Tb4Ji
x2►archive.is/GBqOD
Michael Kovrig was a Canadian diplomat who traded the safety of his credentials to work for Crisis Group on de-escalating tensions between Washington & Pyongyang, as well as the Koreas
x1►archive.is/Tb4Ji
x2►archive.is/GBqOD
20/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Both Michaels were at the mercy of Trump's foreign policy & petulant tantrums on Twitter, that in many ways resembled the unpredictability of Kim Jong Un's luxury resort where he often tested bombs
See Spavor quotes
►archive.is/tHWW6
Both Michaels were at the mercy of Trump's foreign policy & petulant tantrums on Twitter, that in many ways resembled the unpredictability of Kim Jong Un's luxury resort where he often tested bombs
See Spavor quotes
►archive.is/tHWW6
21/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor himself was torn between a restive future & reality of current military angst
On one hand he pushed investment
►archive.is/LMJjU
On the other he defended military drills scheduled at same time
►archive.is/D9f9K
Michael Spavor himself was torn between a restive future & reality of current military angst
On one hand he pushed investment
►archive.is/LMJjU
On the other he defended military drills scheduled at same time
►archive.is/D9f9K
22/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor had prized access to NE Asian markets due to his Canadian passport
In the months preceding his detention by #China, he attempted to organize a North Korean delegation to Canada (regarding energy that competes with Russia)
Michael Spavor had prized access to NE Asian markets due to his Canadian passport
In the months preceding his detention by #China, he attempted to organize a North Korean delegation to Canada (regarding energy that competes with Russia)
23/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
But something had Michael Spavor spooked surrounding a military parade in North Korea that he planned to broadcast on social media
He posted his passport on Instagram & noted concerns related to his taxi driver
But something had Michael Spavor spooked surrounding a military parade in North Korea that he planned to broadcast on social media
He posted his passport on Instagram & noted concerns related to his taxi driver
24/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Nevertheless, Michael Spavor recorded the North Korean military & posted his images to public social media accounts
He can/could be found on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, & Facebook (I have some videos but files are too big for this format)
Nevertheless, Michael Spavor recorded the North Korean military & posted his images to public social media accounts
He can/could be found on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, & Facebook (I have some videos but files are too big for this format)
25/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
Michael Spavor has posted numerous pix to his social media accounts & #China has accused him of sharing "second tier" security intelligence with Michael Kovrig, by transmitting vaguely defined prohibited photographs
►archive.is/Dfqux
Michael Spavor has posted numerous pix to his social media accounts & #China has accused him of sharing "second tier" security intelligence with Michael Kovrig, by transmitting vaguely defined prohibited photographs
►archive.is/Dfqux
26/26 🧵#CDNpoli #2Michaels #Elxn44
All this time these stories have been available to #CDNmedia & it's time for CPC/NDP to drop the act, because pretending to have amnesia to crucify the govt may get somebody killed
NatPo
►archive.is/rcsHi
BBC
►archive.is/Qs3lF
All this time these stories have been available to #CDNmedia & it's time for CPC/NDP to drop the act, because pretending to have amnesia to crucify the govt may get somebody killed
NatPo
►archive.is/rcsHi
BBC
►archive.is/Qs3lF
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