CSIS chief returns to foreign interference inquiry as PM casts doubt on reliability of agency's reports
Witnesses suggest they were not briefed fully by Canada's spy agency
The head of Canada's spy agency is appearing again before the public inquiry investigating foreign meddling in elections after multiple witnesses suggested they were not briefed by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) about intelligence it gathered on Chinese interference.
Questions about who knew what about foreign election interference are at the heart of the inquiry's mandate, which was triggered by claims that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was aware of foreign meddling but chose not to act.
Stage one of the inquiry was supposed to wrap up on Wednesday, but CSIS director David Vigneault will be back in the hot seat Friday morning at the request of some of the participants.
His recall comes after multiple witnesses told the inquiry they were not warned by CSIS of the severity of the threat, despite documents indicating the contrary.
At the centre of the issue are warnings from CSIS in briefing notes that key witnesses say they never received.
One document that was cited multiple times at the inquiry, for example, says CSIS believes the Chinese government "clandestinely and deceptively" interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
That February 2023 briefing note says China's interference was "pragmatic in nature and focused primarily in supporting those viewed to be either 'pro PRC' or 'neutral' on issues of interest to the PRC government."
That document was prepared for a briefing with the Prime Minister's Office.
During his testimony before the inquiry Wednesday, Trudeau said he never saw that briefing note — echoing a claim made by his deputy chief of staff Brian Clow earlier in the week.
"Most of the information in that document was not relayed to us in that meeting," said Clow Tuesday.
The CSIS document also warns that protecting Canadian democratic institutions against foreign interference "will require a shift in the government's perspective and a willingness to take decisive action and impose consequences on perpetrators."
It says that foreign interference will persist until it "is viewed as an existential threat to Canadian democracy and governments forcefully and actively respond."
Vigneault is expected to field questions about whether he relayed the information on the page to the upper echelons of Trudeau's government.
The CSIS director also could be questioned on the prime minister's comments about the reliability of the service's work.
Trudeau challenged CSIS intelligence, inquiry heard
During his testimony Wednesday, Trudeau disputed information gathered by CSIS, including intelligence suggesting China may have interfered in a Liberal nomination contest.
The inquiry has seen intelligence summaries suggesting CSIS warned that international students were bused in to take part in a nomination vote in the riding of Don Valley North, were given fake documents to allow them to vote for Han Dong — who went on to win the Liberal nomination — and were told by Chinese officials that if they didn't participate, their student visas would be in jeopardy and there could be consequences for their families back in China.
Trudeau testified that he pushed back on those claims.
"My concern was more that perhaps that the service didn't understand as deeply as political actors do the prevalence of busing of different community groups in nomination campaigns," he testified.
Trudeau and other ministers also said they didn't feel CSIS's intelligence was substantiated by evidence.
"I didn't feel there was sufficient or sufficiently credible information that would justify this very significant step as to remove a candidate," Trudeau said.
During a media availability Thursday, Trudeau was asked by a reporter whether Canadians should trust CSIS, given his testimony.
Commissioner
Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in
Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on
Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
The prime minister said he respects the Canadians who work in national security.
"But no government, no leader, should simply be a passive receiver of information and intelligence," he said.
"We have a role to play in asking questions, on thinking critically ... encouraging further work on questioning sources and pulling out contradictions. That actually is part and parcel of the work that we all need to do to make sure that everything is done to keep Canadians safe."
Watchdogs' findings coming
This will be Vigneault's third public appearance before the inquiry. He testified last week with other security officials and addressed the commission back in January as it first began to consider how to hold a public inquiry dealing with classified information.
After Vigneault's testimony, Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue and her team will start work on their interim report, which is due May 3.
That report will not be the only take on the credibility of media leaks about foreign election interference and the government's response to those reports.
Canada's two national security watchdog bodies — the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) — have finished their investigations into the same issues and have handed in their reports to Trudeau.
Redacted versions of their findings eventually will be made public.
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John McCallum puts Liberals on the defensive again with advice to China
Ex-ambassador does not speak for the government, Chrystia Freeland says
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is crying foul over the latest comments by Ottawa's former ambassador to China, as the government tries to distance itself from those remarks.
John McCallum, jettisoned as ambassador in January amid rising diplomatic tensions between Canada and China, cautioned Beijing in an interview not to further escalate the crisis ahead of the federal election in October.
"Anything that is more negative against Canada will help the Conservatives, [who] are much less friendly to China than the Liberals," McCallum was reported as saying to the South China Morning Post, in a story published Wednesday.
McCallum appeared to be speaking about the potential for more punitive measures that would affect Canadian exports. China has suspended imports of Canadian canola, pork and beef after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December at the behest of American officials.
"This problem will pass," McCallum was quoted as saying. "It's important for Canadian business people not just to come to China but to come often … especially when the going is tough."
McCallum was let go from his post after remarks he made regarding the high-profile Meng extradition case. The longtime Liberal publicly opined that Meng, daughter of the founder of the Chinese telecom giant, had a strong case in fighting extradition to the U.S.
Inviting China to interfere: Scheer
He also stated that any deal to spare Meng from prosecution in the U.S. should include the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, Canadians detained in China.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland took exception to her former colleague's comments Thursday while speaking to reporters at an event in London.
"Mr. McCallum does not speak in the name of the Canadian government," said Freeland. "I think it is inappropriate for any Canadian to be advising any foreign government in ways it ought or ought not to behave to secure any particular election outcome in Canada."
Scheer was unmoved by the fact that McCallum was no longer speaking in an official capacity.
"Justin Trudeau still has not disavowed John McCallum's invitation for the Chinese government to interfere in the upcoming election," the Conservative leader said in a social media post. "The only conclusion to come to is that electing Justin Trudeau would be good for China, but bad for Canada."
CSIS chief defends his spies' work after PM casts doubt on reliability of agency's reports
Vigneault says he did brief Liberals on Chinese interference
The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service appeared before the foreign interference inquiry Friday to defend his agency's work, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested he sometimes doubts the reliability of CSIS reports.
'"There's been a lot of comments made about the intelligence in the media and in commission," CSIS Director David Vigneault told the inquiry Friday morning.
"Intelligence is a little like a puzzle. Sometimes we have a very clear picture of the puzzle. Sometimes, through the use of raw intelligence and assessed intelligence, we are building that picture, but what is important to remember is that this is done by professional, trained intelligence analysts and professionals that are bringing this together."
His comments could be interpreted as a response to Trudeau's high-profile testimony before the inquiry earlier this week. The prime minister said Wednesday he hasn't always trusted the intelligence CSIS shares with him — including a report suggesting China may have interfered in a Liberal nomination contest.
"I didn't feel there was sufficient or sufficiently credible information that would justify this very significant step as to remove a candidate," Trudeau said earlier this week.
The fact-finding stage of the inquiry was supposed to wrap up on Wednesday, but Vigneault was recalled after multiple witnesses suggested they were not briefed by CSIS on specifics regarding intelligence it gathered on Chinese election interference.
As his hour in the hot seat came to an end, Vigneault — who acknowledges he's not always comfortable speaking publicly — asked Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue for permission to speak.
"I would like to leave you, Madame Commissioner and Canadians, with the message that intelligence is a very sophisticated approach. We are a learning organization and we're all trying to get better," he said.
"But I'd also like to say I am extremely proud of the work that intelligence professionals at CSIS do every day, in Canada and around the world, to protect Canadians."
The inquiry has been examining warnings issued by CSIS in briefing notes that key witnesses say they never received. Questions about who knew what regarding foreign election interference are at the heart of the inquiry's mandate, which was triggered by claims that Trudeau's government was aware of foreign meddling but chose not to act.
Friday's short hearing looked at three CSIS documents, two from October of 2022 and one from February 2023. They were not available to the inquiry when Vigneault testified last week.
The 2023 document shows that CSIS believed the Chinese government "clandestinely and deceptively" interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. That briefing note says China's interference was "pragmatic in nature and focused primarily in supporting those viewed to be either 'pro PRC' or 'neutral' on issues of interest to the PRC government."
Another CSIS memo from 2022 concludes that until Canada views foreign interference as an "existential threat" to Canadian democracy and responds forcefully, "these threats will persist."
"Ultimately, state actors are able to conduct FI [foreign interference] successfully in Canada because there are no consequences, either legal or political. FI is therefore a low-risk and high-reward endeavour," it says.
Another heavily-redacted 2022 document mentions disinformation campaigns against then-Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and MP Kenny Chiu during the 2021 election campaign.
Vigneault says PM aware of CSIS's views
During his testimony before the inquiry Wednesday, Trudeau said he never saw some of the briefing notes — echoing a claim made by his deputy chief of staff Brian Clow earlier in the week.
"Most of the information in that document was not relayed to us in that meeting," said Clow on Tuesday, referring to the 2023 document.
Vigneault acknowledged that information included in briefing notes for specific meetings isn't always relayed in face-to-face meetings with government officials
"I joke with staff that I bring my briefing material and I bring my hockey skates because you have to be very agile dealing with any issues," he said.
But Vigneault also said he briefed Trudeau and others in his government about the service's overall findings on Chinese election interference before the written briefing notes were issued.
"It is indeed something that's been communicated," he testified, adding he also issued public warnings.
Commissioner
Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in
Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on
Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
"We saw foreign interference during those elections and that interference was indeed clandestine and deceptive. And at the same time, that interference didn't amount to having an impact on the integrity of the election."
During cross-examination, Vigneault was asked whether a specific passage in a briefing note about the Five Eyes was raised with Trudeau and his office. The Five Eyes is an intelligence-sharing alliance made up of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
That briefing note says "Canada has been slower than our Five Eyes allies to respond to the [foreign interference] threat with legislative and other initiatives, such as proactively publicizing successful disruption of [foreign interference] activities as a means of deterring future efforts."
"I can say with confidence this is something that has been conveyed to the government, to the ministers, the prime minister, using these words and other types of words," Vigneault replied.
Vigneault said Friday he stands by the documents' observations. He also said he agrees with a government panel's conclusion that while foreign interference was observed during the past two general elections, it did not threaten the integrity of the overall election or the results in individual ridings.
Trudeau challenged CSIS intelligence, inquiry heard
The inquiry has seen intelligence summaries suggesting CSIS warned that international students were bused in to take part in a nomination vote in the riding of Don Valley North, were given fake documents to allow them to vote for Han Dong — who went on to win the Liberal nomination — and were told by Chinese officials that if they didn't participate, their student visas would be in jeopardy and there could be consequences for their families back in China.
During his testimony Wednesday, Trudeau said he he pushed back on those claims.
"My concern was more that perhaps that the service didn't understand as deeply as political actors do the prevalence of busing of different community groups in nomination campaigns," he testified.
Trudeau and other ministers also said they didn't feel CSIS's intelligence was substantiated by evidence.
On Friday, Trudeau was asked again whether he trusts the intelligence provided by Vigneault and his agency.
"I have tremendous trust in our intelligence agencies," he said.
"No government has taken foreign interference as seriously as we have."
In a statement issued Friday, the Chinese Embassy in Canada repeated its claim that it does not interfere in Canadian affairs. A spokesperson went on to say the inquiry has not presented substantial evidence to back up claims it interfered in the past two general elections.
"China strongly urges Canada to respect the facts, abandon ideological biases, stop hyping up the lies of 'Chinese interference' and stop poisoning the atmosphere of China-Canada relations," said the embassy statement.
"Otherwise, it will suffer the consequences of its actions."
Watchdogs' findings coming
The end of Vigneault's testimony officially wraps this stage of the public inquiry. Over the last 10 days, the commission has heard from politicians, bureaucrats and representatives of several intelligence and security agencies.
Hogue and her team will start work on their interim report, which is due May 3.
This fall, the commission is expected to hold another round of hearings focused on Canada's capacity to detect and deter foreign interference, with a final report due by year's end.
Hogue's report will not be the only take on the credibility of media leaks about foreign election interference and the government's response to those reports.
Canada's two national security watchdog bodies — the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) — have finished their investigations into the same issues and have handed in their reports to Trudeau.
Redacted versions of their findings eventually will be made public.
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Harper strains to keep special forces’ role secret
James Travers
In the winter of 2007, three insurgents captured by Canada’s top-secret Joint Task Force Two disappeared into the notorious Afghan prison system. Three years later, Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended Parliament rather than release related documents that raise difficult questions about the role of this country’s special forces and spies in targeting, capturing and interrogating key enemies.
Linking those events are fears about what happened to Isa Mohammad and two other prisoners transferred to Kabul control by Canadians after successful Kandahar operations. In a private 2007 briefing, the prestigious International Committee of the Red Cross expressed concern to Canada that the men had either been killed or were being held by the U.S. in one of its controversial “black site” military prisons.
Dispatches detailing those worries, the names of the three missing men — as well as a fourth who Canadians found — and Red Cross frustration over the military’s persistent failure to provide timely, accurate prisoner information are in the files the Harper government is withholding. Along with the parallel testimony of Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, those documents pose are a political problem for the ruling Conservatives. More significantly, they are a threat to relations between Ottawa and Washington that this country sent its troops to Afghanistan largely to reinforce.
As the Maher Arar case demonstrated, not much tests cross-border goodwill more than public Canadian scrutiny of security and intelligence operations involving the two countries and their clandestine agencies. And not much is more sensitive in either country than the handling of prisoners, particularly those captured, tortured or killed as the result of closely co-ordinated covert operations.
In Canada, a January 2002 news photograph exposed the super-elite JTF2 unit transferring prisoners to the U.S troops, provoking a parliamentary firestorm and damaging the career of then-Liberal Defence Minister Art Eggleton. In the U.S., controversy over the torture of detainees goes back to 2004 and the horrors at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and continues today over the “rendition” of prisoners to offshore military jails, most notably Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay.
Driving those tensions still higher is the part played by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Jack Hooper, then CSIS deputy director of operations, testified to a 2006 Senate committee that the spy agency has been actively supporting the troops since their Afghanistan deployment and claims success in disrupting attacks, uncovering weapons and saving lives.
Those activities, and the close co-operation between Canada and the U.S. in Afghanistan, help explain the prime minister’s fierce determination to silence the prisoner abuse debate here. Apart from poking huge new holes in the suspect argument that all detainees are treated well and according to international law, releasing the documents would strain the tightly interwoven fabric of special force and intelligence efforts.
What distinguishes the special forces from the broader Afghanistan mission are its cutting-edge skills, the high value of its targets, and an ultra-secretive need-to-know command structure. Unlike the bulk of Canadian troops fighting under the NATO umbrella, JTF2 has long been associated the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom. As a source familiar with its work put it this week, the force works side-by-side with the U.S. “ to pick up or pick off “ top Taliban and al-Qaida leaders.
There’s little startling in what JTF2 and CSIS are doing in Afghanistan. Most Canadians will accept commando raids and civilian spying as particularly necessary in a war against an enemy fighting outside the accepted rules of engagement. Much more troubling is the implication that this country was complicit in Afghans “disappearing” prisoners or that Canada became a partner in the U.S. rendition scheme that trampled legal and human rights.
Harper prorogued Parliament in December at least in part to put an end to awkward opposition questions about what generals and ministers knew about Afghan abuse of combatants captured in routine operations. Now the prime minister can only hope that next week’s throne speech and budget will distract attention from something much worse: Worry that Canadians turned a systemically blind eye to their allies’ shameful methods.
James Travers writes on national affairs.
Jack Hooper, former CSIS deputy director, dies at 57
Jack Hooper, deputy director of CSIS, waits to testify at the Maher Arar inquiry in Ottawa in August, 2005.JONATHAN HAYWARD
Canada's most memorable spy of the post-9/11 era has died of a heart attack. Jack Hooper was 57.
Mr. Hooper had been a popular deputy director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service until his retirement a few years ago.
He had spent his career with CSIS, joining the intelligence service as it was created in 1984 from the ruins of the discredited RCMP security service.
An ex-Mountie, Mr. Hooper emerged as an unabashed and outspoken terrorism fighter over the past decade. It was through some of Mr. Hooper's initiatives that CSIS began its more assertive role in launching international operations, a move that blunted criticisms from allied spy services that CSIS operatives were often merely passive "postboxes" for intelligence when stationed abroad.
He rose through spy service's executive ranks in the aftermath of Sept. 11. He had a hand in some of Canada's most sensitive and controversial spy-service files, including CSIS's reaction to the Maher Arar affair and the security agency's interviews of Omar Khadr while the Canadian teenager was detained in Guantanamo Bay.
CSIS reacted to his death with a brief statement, lauding him for helping to keep the country safe.
"We offer his family and friends our sincerest condolences during this sad time," read the message. "Jack dedicated his career at CSIS and the RCMP, to his country and to the protection of Canadians. He will be missed."
Inside the service, Mr. Hooper was known for his colourful, blunt language - "Jackisms" to his fellow CSIS spies - that cut through standard bureaucratic verbiage but more than occasionally landed him in hot water. For example, when Canadian telecommunications engineer Maher Arar was arrested passing through the United States, and CSIS officials were scrambling to figure out what the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency might do to him, Mr. Hooper opined in an internal memo, "I think the United States would like to get Arar to Jordan where they can have their way with him."
The remark was prescient: Mr. Arar was rendered by the CIA to Jordan, and then Syria, for interrogation, before returning to Canada. Mr. Arar won a $10-million legal settlement for his wrongful arrest and overseas torture. Judges faulted RCMP officials for investigative bungles in the Arar affair and related cases, while making more muted criticisms against CSIS - but they found the security agencies didn't sign off on any rendition.
When the wider war on terror was at its most heated, it was Mr. Hooper who emerged as the public face of Canada's counterterrorism efforts at many hearings. He was charismatic, often outshining Privy Council Office bureaucrats Ward Elcock and, then, Jim Judd, who were appointed as CSIS bosses. Mr. Hooper sometimes veered off message from the official government line - claiming at a Parliamentary committee in 2006, for example, that Canada wasn't doing nearly enough security checks of Afghans and Pakistanis coming to Canada.
Mr. Hooper retired from the spy service in 2007, and went to work for a Toronto telecommunications company. Earlier this week, he attended the True Patriot Love fundraiser gala in Toronto, a party that raised more than $2-million for Canada's war wounded in Afghanistan.
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David Vigneault
In June 2017, David Vigneault became the ninth director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). He returned to a leadership role at CSIS after serving in a number of posts across the greater security and intelligence community.
Professional Experience
Prior to his appointment as director, Mr. Vigneault served as assistant secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office from 2013-2017.
From 2010-2013, Mr. Vigneault served as associate vice-president, Program Operations, Canada Border Services Agency. Prior to that, he held senior executive positions at CSIS, serving as the assistant director, Intelligence, and assistant director, Secretariat.
Mr. Vigneault also served as director, Transnational Security at the Communications Security Establishment, and at the Department of National Defence as the executive assistant to the Deputy Minister.
Education
Mr. Vigneault has an M.A. in political science from the Université de Montreal and a B.A. in political science from the Université Laval.
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CSIS director Michel Coulombe to step down at end of May after three decades
'I feel it is time for me to move on to the next stage of my life with my family'
Michel Coulombe, a career spy who joined the fledgling Canadian Security Intelligence Service more than 30 years ago before rising through the ranks to its top job, is retiring.
Coulombe told CSIS employees Monday that he will leave as director of the country's spy agency at the end of May in order to move on to the next stage of his life and spend more time with his family.
Coulombe, an engineering graduate from Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, joined the agency in 1986, just two years after it was created.
In 2013, he became its eighth director, the first time the top job had been filled from inside the service.
"After 36 years with the federal government, including more than 30 years with CSIS, I feel it is time for me to move on to the next stage of my life with my family," Coulombe said in a statement posted on the agency's website.
"It has been an honour to work with the dedicated professionals of the national security community and a privilege to serve all Canadians. I thank all CSIS employees for their support and the work they do every day to keep our country safe."
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Before he was appointed director, Coulombe filled a number of key roles in the organization.
From 2010 to 2013, he was deputy director of operations. Before that, he was assistant director of foreign collection, overseeing operations abroad, and assistant director of intelligence, responsible for intelligence analysis and the security screening program.
He also served in CSIS regional offices, including as director general of the Quebec region.
His tenure covered almost all of the agency's existence. He joined as the service went through the process of moving away from the RCMP, splitting intelligence services from the national police force for the first time.
He watched security threats evolve. He saw the Cold War end with the collapse of the Soviet Union, only to see other dangers loom, including terrorism both homegrown and imported and a resurgent, post-Soviet Russia.
Data collection program
He had some touchy moments, including a case last year in which a Federal Court judge ruled that the agency illegally kept potentially revealing electronic data about people over a 10-year period.
Justice Simon Noel said the service breached its duty to inform the court of its data-collection program, since the information was gathered using judicial warrants.
Coulombe at the time said his agency had halted all access to — and analysis of — the data in question while the decision was under review.
"I deeply regret the court's serious concerns with respect to meeting our duty of candour and I commit to continuing my efforts, with the deputy minister of justice, to address this concern," he said.
But it was also under Coulombe's tenure that the agency demonstrated that it had a sense of humour. "Yes, we're on Twitter," CSIS tweeted when it joined the social media platform. "Now it's your turn to follow us."
Coulombe's departure marks the second high-profile retirement this month: RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson announced last week he would step down from his role as top Mountie at the end of June.
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'Shady, secretive system': Public Safety green-lit RCMP, CSIS spying devices, documents reveal
Government officials refuse to say exactly what interception devices are being approved in Canada
Public Safety Canada has repeatedly approved CSIS and the RCMP's use of devices to spy on Canadians' communications, documents obtained by CBC News reveal.
Canadians have been kept largely in the dark about police and intelligence agencies' surveillance capabilities. But recent revelations in a Montreal court case that police are using electronic tools to scoop up mobile phone signals have prompted some experts to call for greater transparency in the approval and use of technologies that potentially violate privacy.
The new documents reveal Public Safety Canada approved requests from the RCMP, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Defence Department granting more than a dozen licences to an unnamed company (or companies) for the purpose of possessing, manufacturing or selling devices "used primarily for the interception of communications."
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The documents, which are heavily redacted and don't identify the manufacturers or the devices and their capabilities, were shared with CBC News by Ottawa-based investigative researcher Ken Rubin.
"It's a part of the puzzle," Rubin said. "There are too many questions there. All I've uncovered is a link to how this rather shady, secretive system works, and there's no public understanding of it."
Government won't identify devices
The one- and two-year licences were issued beginning in 2015, and in some cases, they extend until 2018. One was granted to CSIS retroactively.
They were granted under Section 191 of the Criminal Code, which says technology for the surreptitious interception of private communications is illegal, unless permission to use such technology is granted by the public safety minister.
The RCMP wouldn't disclose what the licences are for.
"We generally do not comment on specific investigative methods, tools and techniques outside of court," said spokeswoman Cpl. Annie Delisle.
Public Safety Canada spokesman Jean-Philippe Levert also declined to identify the devices.
"Disclosing details such as the specific types of equipment used to conduct investigations may hinder these agencies' effectiveness and their ability to carry out their mandates," he said.
In
one case, Public Safety Canada retroactively granted a licence request
from CSIS for a device 'used primarily for the interception of
communications.' (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Delisle said the RCMP has been appointed to review all licence applications made under Section 191, including doing background checks on the individuals or companies that apply. If they pass the RCMP's vetting process, Public Safety officials are then asked to sign off on the licences.
Some, called "special licences," last for two years. The RCMP said this type allows a company to possess the equipment, which is otherwise illegal to own. The licensee can then demonstrate the equipment to law enforcement and government agencies.
Others are just called "licences" and last for one year. The RCMP said this allows a company to sell the equipment to the government agency that sponsored its application.
While Public Safety and the RCMP won't identify the devices, Rubin says one possibility is what's known as a StingRay, or IMSI catcher. The device can identify and track a person based on their mobile device's specific ID and intercept communications to and from the device.
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IMSI catchers have come under heavy scrutiny for the lack of transparency around their use. Canadian police agencies, including the RCMP and the Vancouver and Toronto police forces, have fought in court to withhold saying whether they use them.
But RCMP testimony and court records from a Montreal case show the RCMP does use the technology in investigations across the country. In that court case, it was revealed that police had sought a judge's authorization to use the device
No public record
There is no public record or clear policy on how police use technology for surveillance purposes, something privacy advocates say is a problem.
"It could be any kind of device — it certainly doesn't have to be the StingRay — but who knows what this device is, and that's part of the problem," Rubin said.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has said he wants Canadians
to weigh in on security and privacy issues in Canada. (Adrian
Wyld/Canadian Press)
Tamir Israel, a privacy lawyer who co-authored a recent report on IMSI catchers, said there are lots of invasive electronic devices out there that police can use.
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"If there was some way to get them [law enforcement agencies and the government] to be more proactive about just explaining to the public what the tools are, we can have a discussion up front," Israel said.
Especially since the government introduced legislation this summer to create a spy watchdog committee, and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said he wants to hear from Canadians on the topic.
But without more transparency, both Rubin and Israel say that's a challenge.
"We're having these consultations, but we don't know what we're consulting about because we don't know about what the tools are that are being used," Israel said.
Exemptions for public officials
Adding to the confusion is the fact any device that interferes with radio communications, such as an IMSI catcher, requires a company or agency to get authorization from Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development Canada, previously known as Industry Canada.
CSIS, the RCMP and Public Safety Canada wouldn't identify the
devices that required licences. One possibility is IMSI catchers. (U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office/Associated Press)
So theoretically, according to Israel, anyone using such a device would need both a licence from Public Safety and authorization from Innovation Canada.
But that isn't the case for the RCMP and other public officials.
Innovation Canada confirmed that it would have to authorize a person or company to own and use a device like an IMSI catcher. But the department says it hasn't authorized their use in Canada.
However, a spokesperson did say that under Section 54 of the Radiocommunications Regulations, it doesn't actually have to be notified if a public official, peace officer, prosecutor, or officer of the court uses such a device for the investigation of an alleged crime, or for the purposes of international affairs, national defence or security.
That means Innovation Canada only regulates their use for the rest of us, which may explain how the RCMP has been able to use the device in its investigations.
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Rubin said that even if the government's system of issuing licences for surveillance technology isn't robust, these documents show that it does, indeed, exist.
"And now that we know it exists, how are you going to explain this to the public?"
View the documents released under Access to Information below:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Fadden | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Fadden in 2014 | |
| National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Associate Secretary to the Cabinet | |
| In office January 19, 2015 – March 31, 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau |
| Secretary | Janice Charette |
| Preceded by | Stephen Rigby |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Jean |
| Deputy Minister of National Defence | |
| In office May 13, 2013 – January 18, 2015 | |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Robert Fonberg |
| Succeeded by | John Forster |
| 7th Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service | |
| In office June 2009 – May 2013 | |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Jim Judd |
| Succeeded by | Michel Coulombe |
| Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | |
| In office July 1, 2006 – June 27, 2009 | |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Janice Charette |
| Succeeded by | Neil Yeates |
| President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency | |
| In office 2002–2005 | |
| Minister | |
| Preceded by | Ronald L. Doering |
| Succeeded by | François Guimont |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1951 (age 72) |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/member/jim-judd
Jim Judd
Jim Judd has been a career public servant in the federal government of Canada for more than 35 years. In 1973 he joined the Department of External Affairs as a Foreign Service Officer. He served abroad in Caracas (1975-77) and Washington (1983-87) and in various assignments in Ottawa (including a secondment as secretary to an inquiry into the Canadian oil industry). In 1987 he was appointed Senior Departmental Assistant to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and in 1991 became Chief of Staff to the President of the Privy Council and Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs. The following year he was appointed as Assistant Secretary to Cabinet for Foreign and Defence Policy. In 1994 he was on assignment to the office of Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and in 1995 was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister for Corporate Affairs there.
In 1996 he was appointed G-7 Deputy for Canada and Assistant Deputy Minister for International Trade and Economic Affairs in the Department of Finance. In 1998 he was named Deputy Minister of National Defence and, subsequently, in 2002, Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General of Canada. In 2004 he was appointed Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, a position he held until his retirement in the summer of 2009. He remains active in a variety of activities related to both domestic and international public policy issues.
He was born in Montreal, and raised there, across Canada and in Europe prior to attending Carleton University in Ottawa where he obtained an Honours BA (Political Science) and MA (International Affairs).
Ward Elcock
Biography
Ward Elcock spent more than 40 years in the Canadian public service. Most recently, he was Special Advisor on Human Smuggling and Illegal Migration in the Privy Council Office (2010-2016). Prior to that appointment, he was Federal Coordinator of Olympic and G8/G20 Security (2007-2010), Deputy Minister of National Defence (2004-2007), Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (1994-2004), Deputy Clerk for Security & Intelligence, Privy Council Office (1989-1994). Prior to that last appointment, Ward was General Counsel for the Privy Council Office, and before that he was Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning) in the Privy Council Office and General Counsel, Legal Services in the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. In the 1970s, Ward worked as a lawyer in the Departments of Energy, Mines and Resources and Finance as well as the Treasury Board Secretariat. Ward is a graduate of York University (L.L.B., Osgoode Hall Law Society School) and Carleton University (BA, Political Science).
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According to Mr. Stephen Harper, Leader of the Opposition: “The foreign affairs minister said for two months that the United States had offered no justification or information for the deportation of Maher Arar. Yet we now know that the RCMP knew of Arar’s activities. They questioned him nearly a year ago and they were notified weeks ago by the FBI of its information” (Hansard, Oral question period, November 18, 2002). e Syrian authorities provided the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) with confirmation that Mr. Arar was being held and interrogated by Syrian authorities and that there was a reference to Mr. Arar having “apparently already admitted that he has connections with terrorist organizations” and that the Syrians intended to continue to inter- rogate him (Exhibit P-19, Garvie report, p.32). Ver FACTUAL BACKGROUND: VOLUME II e In response to a possible question “Did Syria provide transcripts of its in- terrogation of ARAR to CSIS”, the Solicitor General was briefed to answer as follows (ATIP release): e [simply will not comment on the operational activities of CSIS. e The terrorist threat confronting Canada is international in scope and unrelenting. We are clearly not immune from the threat of terrorism. e To protect Canada and Canadians, CSIS is working very closely with ' the RCMP and other Canadian agencies. e ~§6CSIS is actively engaged with ‘its international counter-terrorism part- ners and exchanges intelligence on terrorist threats to Canada and Canadians. e The activities of CSIS are closely reviewed by both the Security and Intelligence Review Committee, SIRC, as well as by the Office of the Inspector General of CSIS. The briefing was prompted by a CTV news report as follows: e A CTV news report of 24 October 2003, alleges that the Syrian gov- ernment provided transcripts of its interrogation of Maher ARAR to GSIS: ? e CTV reported that senior government officials have advised that the Syrian information indicates that ARAR, during his interrogation, pro- vided information which implicated several other Canadians detained in Syria as well as in Canada under security certificates. e CTV reported that this information pertained to Abdullah al Malki, Arwad al Bushi, Ahmed Abu al Maati and Mohamed Harket, and that it tends to indicate that there are Al Qaeda sleeper cells in Canada. e In response to a possible question, the Solicitor General was briefed as fol- lows (ATIP release): Question: What about the recent media reports, stating that CSIS has received tran- scripts of Mr. Arar’s “debriefing” by Syrian officials? Answer: In order for CSIS to fulfill its mandate, CSIS actively exchanges information with foreign agencies, under defined arrangements. These types of infor- mation exchanges, as well as the arrangements that govern them, are avail- able to the Committee at all times and are reviewed by SIRC on an ongoing APPENDICES Tisie basis. I am not prepared to comment further, except to re-state that SIRC has full access to all CSIS files.
From: Harper, Stephen – M.P.
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:29 AM
Subject: RE: They read this stuff Monday
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—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: pcavalluzzo@cavalluzzo.com
Cc: vverma@cavalluzzo.com ; Martin.P@parl.gc.ca ; Broadbent.E@parl.gc.ca ;
dayja@sen.parl.gc.ca ; Moore.R@parl.gc.ca ; Easter.W@parl.gc.ca ;
McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:17 AM
Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: pierrebl@apex.gc.ca
Cc: florence.ievers@swc-cfc.gc.ca ; mskinner@cmhc-schl.gc.ca ;
donna.achimov@sdc-dsc.gc.ca ; line.lacombe-laurin@ccra-adrc.gc.ca ;
marie-josee.martel@ccra-adrc.gc.ca ; brian.keirstead@gnb.ca
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:11 AM
Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: katherine.baird@csps-efpc.gc.ca
Cc: flapoint@ncc-ccn.ca ; ctherriault@pco-bcp.gc.ca ;
edouard.verrault@pwgsc.gc.ca ; pmcdowel@cmhc-schl.gc.ca ; huqm@tc.gc.ca ;
serge.rainville@sdc-dsc.gc.ca ; daniel.lavoie@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca ; Byron
Prior
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:00 AM
Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
Everybody knows that politicians come and go It is wicked people like
Margaret Bloodworth and Eva Plunkett that hang around and run the show. Say
hey to them for me. Will ya?
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: brisos@parl.gc.ca
Cc: MacKay.P@parl.gc.ca ; info@fed.ndp.ca ; ndpadmin@fed.ndp.ca
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:40 AM
Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
Scott say hey for me to Bloodworth and all the malicious public servants
yapping it up a APEX next month. Will Ya?
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
Cc: premier@gov.nl.ca ; tedcardwell@mail.gov.nf.ca
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:31 AM
Subject: Fw: They read this stuff Monday
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: rarespade@nfld.net
Cc: Byron Prior
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:28 AM
Subject: They read this stuff Monday
September 15th, 2004
Liliana Longo Senior General Counsel
C/o Assistant Commissioner Gerry Lynch
RCMP B Division Headquarters
100 East Hills Rd
PO Box 9700
St. Johns NF A1A 3T5
RE: Corruption
Hey,
Please find enclosed an exact copy of all material served upon
Lieutenant Governor Roberts by my friend Byron Prior. The copy of wiretap
tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as law enforcement
authorities in order that it may be properly investigated. I have also
enclosed a copy of the correspondence between the RCMP External Review
Committee and I. As you review the same material they got, you can see the
folks in BC were contacted almost one year ago. Apparently the dumb bastards
don’t know how to read. If these are the best lawyers Anne McLellan has got
to send against me, the government is about to be embarrassed big time by a
simple Maritimer.
Whereas I have now received my answer from the Lieutenant Governor of
New Brunswick and the RCMP External Review Committee, I am about to file my
own complaints. I have given up on my native land protecting my dumb ass. If
you have any questions may I suggest that you take my matter up with Anne
McLellan or Jack Hooper.
With respect to my friend Byron Prior’s sad complaint, let me be the
first layman to congratulate the RCMP in the fine job they did covering up
his matters for the benefit many corrupt politicians for some many years. It
is too bad that the RCMP weren’t so diligent in upholding the law. Lets see
if I can have any luck tearing the mask of virtue off of the RCMP and the
likes of T. Alex Hickman for the benefit of all the simple folk like Byron
and I.
Shame on all of you. Say hey to the cop in the picture that was
guarding Harper on June 19th will ya? I need to know his name and summons
him to court to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
He can bring his god along to help if he thinks it necessary but I would
rather he bring his conscience. What say you? If I don’t get an answer from
you by Oct3rd. I will be due to sue you too. What do you think should I
complain of the RCMP in a court Newfoundland or New Brunswick?
I already know Byron’s answer.
Cya’ll in Court
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA. 02186
—– Original Message —–
From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: I am curious
Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is no
need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the documentation
is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the process of printing
it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it in my absence and report
back to me upon my return in the office. We will then provide you with a
reply.
Martine Turcotte
Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
Tel: (514) 870-4637
Fax: (514) 870-4877
email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
Tel: (514) 870-4638
email: diane.valade@bell.ca
—–Original Message—–
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:12 AM
To: Turcotte, Martine (EX05453)
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca; W-Five@ctv.ca
Subject: I am curious
Madam
I did not receive a response from you to the last email so I am not
certain if you received it. I must inform you that I will be closing my
briefcase in Yahoo for public view at the end of the week. I have a great
deal of material to add and I only wish certain parties to view it. I opened
it for you the other day as an act of good faith. Mr. Pozen can check my
work in the dockets of the various courts around Boston they are a matter of
Public Record my files are not. As you can see by this and some following
emails. I am very busy dealing with criminal matters first before filing
civil complaints in the USA. As I told you when you called a lot has been
happening. I have made a lot of cops mad at me and I don’t trust them a bit
particularly after the Police Commission is willing to check their work so i
have been busy watching my back and covering my butt. However that does not
mean that I have not thought about our conversation and was curious about a
few things.
I was glad to receive your call and impressed by the fact that you
were more than willing to receive the material and a copy of the wiretap
tape in particular. Your stated willingness to uphold the law was a rare
statement to me. However I was curious why you only mentioned my voicemail
to Mr. Pozen and not the email to your company and the news program that it
owns. Did they not inform you as well? If they didn’t I am not surprised
because I have some other rather interesting denials from the Media. the
most interesting would have to be from the PBS program called Frontline when
I introduced its producer Michael Sullivan to the US Attorney Michael J.
Sullivan. Now that is a story well worth W5 telling. Too bad they showed me
their ass. As a courtesy to you and a further act of good faith, I will not
forward this email to anyone else until after I return to the USA and
nothing has been resolved between BCE and I and I am compelled to name it in
my complaint. I would find it very hard to believe that Mr, Pozen does not
know everything he needs to know about me right now.
I had also called a lawyer, Steven Skurka who had a week long little
special on CTV . I had tried to inform him that I knew my rights his
assistant hollered at me. You from speaking to me yourself that I am not a
rude character. I found it too funny to be treated that way and I had
resolved to serve him this stuff byway of the local ATV Station that had
presented his smiling talking head to me. That is why I was telling you that
you could get this stuff from the local ATV station. I found it quite
strange that you did not rely on them to send it on to you. Thus I must make
an extra copy to comply with your request.
I know the date stamp on the forwarded email is incorrect but that is
because my old laptop goes to the first year in it when I boot up and
sometimes I am too busy or tired to bother changing it. However MSN tracks
it with the true date. Brad Smith and I have a bone to pick as well and I
have been checking his work rather closely since he ignored my letter to him
last year. His boss Bill Gates is gonna be very angry and Brad Smith and
Steve Balmer in the near future if I have anything to do with it. If you do
act ethically and immediately I will settle with your company very cheaply
in comparsion to the bottom lines of my first two complaints. In fact I will
be so impressed I will immediatlely offer you a better job than the one you
have now. Please study the material I will provide you closely and ask me
any thing you wish.
I will do as I promised and send the material you requested as soon
as I can put it all together. Right now I am on the move and far away from
my printer. Is the following your correct address? Perhaps you should
consider sending someone to the my meeting with the Police Commission in
Fredericton next week in order to hear me speak of these matters to law
enforcement before I return to the USA. Once I do return there I will serve
the Mr. Pozen the material as promised and call him to testify in my pending
trial. The following emails should explain some of my concerns to you. My
wife will be in Canada next week as well to pick up our kids. I will allow
you to speak to her if you wish. She has had a nervous breakdown over the
legal crap and I do have her Durable Power of Attorney pursuant to M.G.L.
201 B. Mr. Pozen can ask Robert S. Creedon Jr. about that document. I argued
it with him before the entire Judicuary Commitee on Sept. 18th 2003.
I will call you in a minute to make certain that you get this and the
following emails.
David R. Amos
Martine Turcotte
1000 de la Gauchetiere Ouest
Floor 41
Montreal, Quebec H3B 58H Canada
Tel: (514) 870-4637
Fax: (514) 870-4877
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: W-Five@ctv.ca
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 1980 4:07 PM
Subject: My turn to tell a tale.
I think is time to let a little something out of the bag for the benefit of
a few Maritimers who think they know something about the Media.I did notify
CBC, the Rogers crowd and Harry Steele’s folks that I knew a little bit
about the Media and that I had written a book about it.
Problem is I need an editor and I believe I may have found one.He comes in
the form of a disenchanted newspaper man. But the thing is I want to put it
on the web for all to read for free so there is no money in it for him. So I
guess I wiil sue some big company with a Prima Facia complaint and settle
for a lesser amount out of court. Lets just say I am looking hard at you
dudes.
I had zeroed in on the Yankee media long ago and I am certain folks within
the Ottawa Citizen and Democracy Watch had checked my work (Hey Duff say hey
to Dan for me) I have crossed paths with many of Globemedia’s people many
times for many reasons and I can easily prove it.
What I haven’t bothered to tell them that I knew the reason Gobal etc never
mentioned me was Frank McKenna and the Irving influence because basically
that was a no brainer anyway.
However If Globemedia and all their cohorts didn’t think I knew about the
influence Robert Pozen in Boston, you had best think again. then give Mr.
Spitzer, Mr. Galvin, Mr. Shelby and Mr. Donaldson a call and drop my name
along with Mr. Nesters and Mr. Koski’s and tell them my stuff is off to the
Arar Commission I am heading back to the USA to call Mr. Pozen and many
folks he calls friends to court.
Perhaps in Ottawa Bill Rowe will truly speak for the common man after all if
the worm turns on his buddies.
How do you people sleep at night? What say you? Why not get honest with the
world and I will settle cheap?
I will give one of your lawyers something real soon before I serve Mr. Pozen
his just due byway of this lawyer
Jeffrey N Carp
MFS Investment Management
500 Boylston Street
Boston MA 02116-3741
617-954-5747
Perhaps he should call Putnam investments or the Brookline Savings bank and
say hey to Mr Chapman and Mr Tripp for me.
I just called Bob Pozen at 617 954-5707 and introduced myself so that he can
never say that he never heard my name.
MFS set to agree to second settlement
· MFS set to agree to second settlement
By SINCLAIR STEWART
00:00 EST Wednesday, March 31, 2004
By SINCLAIR STEWART
00:00 EST Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Sun Life Financial Inc.’s Boston-based mutual fund arm will agree to a
$50-million (U.S.) settlement today with U.S. regulators over allegations
the firm directed trading commissions to brokerages in exchange for
preferential treatment, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sources said Massachusetts Financial Services Co. will announce a deal with
the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning that will also include
“compliance reforms,” in addition to a token $1 disgorgement penalty.
Eric Morse, a spokesman for MFS, declined to comment. A spokesman for the
SEC refused to discuss any talks with the firm.
The embattled fund company is hoping this settlement will enable it to move
beyond the intense public and regulatory scrutiny it has endured in the past
several months.
In early February, MFS agreed to a $350-million settlement with the SEC and
New York State Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer for allegedly permitting
improper trades in some of its bigger funds. That figure included
$225-million in penalties and restitution to investors, along with
$125-million in fee reductions spread out over the next five years.
The fallout within MFS, which manages about $140-billion in assets, was also
considerable. Its two highest-ranking officials — chief executive officer
John Ballen and president Kevin Parke — were each fined and slapped with
temporary suspensions by the SEC, leading to their departures from the firm.
Long-serving chairman Jeffrey Shames also retired in the aftermath of MFS’s
problems, and was replaced by Robert Pozen, formerly a senior executive at
Fidelity Investments and onetime associate general counsel at the SEC.
Mr. Pozen has been charged with cleaning up the mess, and tightening the
firm’s internal controls.
He has already hired new legal and compliance officers, added monitoring
staff, and imposed a ban on so-called “soft dollar” transactions. The firm
also prohibited the practice of directing trading fees to brokerages in
exchange for being placed on a preferred list of customers and receiving
better visibility for its funds.
This latter arrangement, known in industry circles as “pay for play,” is at
the centre of MFS’s pending settlement with the SEC. Sources said the
current settlement talks advanced fairly quickly because of the voluntary
compliance improvements MFS has undertaken.
In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Pozen attacked the basis
of the regulator’s case as “very weak” and said it should have raised this
as a problem when it conducted audits of the company.
Nevertheless, he said he hoped to settle the matter quickly, in large part
to avoid a costly legal battle and prevent nervous investors from pulling
their money out of MFS funds. So far, the damage has been contained to one
major client, the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, which fired MFS last
month as lead manager on a $664-million portfolio.
The SEC is investigating about a dozen other fund companies for directed
brokerage, although sources say MFS will settle individually, rather than as
part of a group.
Last fall, brokerage powerhouse Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $50-million to
settle charges it failed to tell investors it was promoting funds with which
the firm had a special arrangement. Morgan Stanley had a “Partners Program”
of 14 funds, including MFS, that paid “substantial” fees in return for the
brokerage steering their funds to investors, the SEC claimed.
The regulator indicated a few months ago it would begin investigating a
number of fund companies for directing commissions, but did not say which
firms it would target.
Sun Life revealed in a filing that MFS was under investigation for this
practice just a couple of weeks after its first settlement with the SEC and
Mr. Spitzer. The news came as a surprise to most observers, some of whom
criticized the insurer’s CEO, Donald Stewart, for not disclosing this probe
earlier.
MFS is hoping to recoup some of the $175-million it must repay investors
under the terms of the first settlement by suing firms and individuals that
engaged in market timing and late trading of its funds. Market timing
involves making frequent trades in and out of funds in order to cash in on
minor pricing discrepancies. It is not illegal, but is usually prohibited by
many fund companies, since the quick trading can raise administrative costs
and undermine returns to investors.
—– Original Message —–
From: W-FIVE Viewer Mail
To: A friend of Dave’s email
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 3:03 PM
Subject: RE: possble story
Dear Mr. Amos,
I would like to thank you for your email to W-FIVE, sorry for the
delay in responding.
We review every email and story idea that we receive here at W-FIVE
and give it serious consideration. Your email has been forwarded to
our executive and senior producer for review. If we are interested in
pursuing your idea further, you will be contacted by one of our
researchers.
Thanks again for your input. Your interest in our program is much
appreciated.
Sincerely,Lisa-Marie
Production Coordinator
W-FIVE
—–Original Message—–
From: A friend of Dave’s email
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:28 PM
To: W-FIVE@ctv.ca
Subject: possble story
I am a Canadian Citizen who thus far, as a plaintiff, has two Lawsuits
in the US District Court of Massachucetts they are numbered 02-11686-
RGS and 02-11687-RGS. They were removed to that Court from the Norfolk
Superior Court by the US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan very improperly.
However they shall remain there because of my status as a Canandian
Citizen. Judge Sterns has not even held a Conference about the matters
because he likely does not want to hear the matter.
I have presented all Members of the Bar with their worst fear of a
catch 22 problem. According to law he is late. I have complained of 47
defendants 34 of whom are State Defendants( the Attorney General, The
Commission of Judicial Conduct Board of Bar Overseers etc) and 3 are
Federal Treasury Agents. Some of the defendants are over two months
late in their answer to the Summons. The smallest suit amounts to 188
million dollars in the form of relief.
There is a lot to these matters and too much to briefly explain. But
in a nutshell my wife’s Aunt, who is buried beside Rose Kennedy, left
my wife some money. It was stolen by her relatives in executing the
estate. No news there. But the crooks are very well connected
politically and every part of the old crony network in Boston covered
for them. The crook and our cousin, Charles J. Kickham Jr of the
Kickham Law Office on Beacon St, has been past President of Bar
Associations. He has sat on the Board of Governors of Harvard Law
School etc. I have given much information to many members of the press
who have simply ignored some interesting facts.
What should be somewhat newsworthy is how far a wild colonial boy has
come in prosecuting Pro Se the most profund Yankee carpetbaggers. My
next two lawsuits Under title 18 are wickedly righteous. I have left
one copy of much information in Saint John New Brunswick at a lawyer’s
Office, Mosher and Chedore 33 Charlotte St if some one wishes to view
them. I can be reached at this Cell number 506 434- 1379
David R. Amos
P.S. Did anyone notice that the RCMP recent Youtube went “Poof” once
again? It lasted all of one day this time.
Rest assured I put it right back up. It was kinda funny even if it was
at my family’s expense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXPYZ4tuQEs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1etF6JThlbw
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <duffy@ctv.ca>; <Layton.J@parl.gc.ca>; <Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca>;
<McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca>; <Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca>;
<Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca>; <smurphy@ctv.ca>; <martine.turcotte@bell.ca>;
<MEC.investors@magnaent.com>; <vancouvercatholicworker@yahoo.ca>;
<common_ills@yahoo.com>; <danf@danf.net>; <pm@pm.gc.ca>
Cc: <Mackay.P@parl.gc.ca>; <Easter.W@parl.gc.ca>;
<Casey.B@parl.gc.ca>; <Thompson.G@parl.gc.ca>;
<Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca>; <Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 2:48 AM
Subject: Does anyone remember these old emails from three years ago? I
will lay odds that Mackay, Stronach and the lawyer Don Amos do EH?.
I will post it once again right here in Danny Boy Fitzgerald’s latest
blog about me and the far western smiling bastard named Campbell
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
Everything ain’t “hunky-dory” EH Petey Babies Stoffer and MacKay?
However at least McDonough just promed she would quit. Maybe now she
will finally take up knitting. It is bound to be better than her
politicking no matter how many stiches she drops. If she or any NDP
had spoken up two years ago we would not counting the Canadain dead
and wounded in Afganistan right now. N’est Pas?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca ; Mackay.P@parl.gc.ca ; Jack Layton ;
Easter.W@parl.gc.ca ; Cadman.C@parl.gc.ca ; Casey.B@parl.gc.ca ;
Thompson.G@parl.gc.ca
Cc: McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca ; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca ;
macaul1@parl.gc.ca ; Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca ; Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca ;
Anderson.D@parl.gc.ca ; Anderson.Da@parl.gc.ca ;
david.anderson1@sk.sympatico.ca
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:12 PM
Subject: Hunky-dory EH Petey
I got a better one for ya Petey Boy. “Thar she blows”. I bet
Belinda is really pissed off at everybody and is letting off some
steam. If I were you I would start bailing out of your new party like
any other rat that would desert a sinking ship. That is one boat that
could never float. The way you back stabbed your way into its creation
will likely never be forgotten. Some of the new Senators Martin just
appointed proved that didn’t they? Right now you are just hanging on
and kissing Harper’s arse because nobody else will ever trust you in
their Dory except maybe the diddler, Billy Matthews. He is used to
turningcoat and needs help bailing out his punky little craft. I think
the liberals are tired of him by now and Johnny Crosbie is likely
pretty pissed at him too. I think you two dudes should be good company
for each other as everybody else tries to distance themselves from a
couple of cry babies that call themselves Maritimers. You were born
there alright but a lair lawyer and a nasty old diddler reflect poorly
upon the rest of us. But bad apples fall from the best of trees. The
sooner the better so that they don’t suck the sap out of the good
ones.
Dare to argue me Petey Boy? I am ten times meaner with no temper
than the man that pitches silly fits kicks chairs. I would kick your
arse in a good debate. I would laugh if you asked me to step outside,
head for the door and quit talking immediately in a sincere effort to
kick your arse in the street. Win or lose, rest assured I would have
fun. Fighting is a true Maritime tradition. EH MacKay? Feel free to
try to call me a liar. Everybody knows it would be a case of the pot
trying to call the kettle black.
“The Nova Scotia MP described his relations with Conservative Leader
Stephen Harper as “hunky-dory, everything’s great – that’s a good
Maritime phrase.”
Forwarded Message
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:14:47 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos” motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
Subject: Attn Don Amos
To: MEC.investors@magnaent.com, dhart@pattersonpalmer.ca,
smay@pattersonpalmer.ca
As I stated within an earlier email, Scott Daruty finally called
me back and pissed me off. He picked the wrong guy to try and toy
with. I will take up my concerns with Magna byway of Daruty and
Cellucci down here in the Yankee courts. I have much proof of what I
sent Belinda Stronach long before she ever became a Member of
Parliament up home. I will deal with her in a political fashion first
to see if she is interested in up holding the public trust while
protecting her interests in Magna. Good luck with your conscience as a
lawyer named Amos as you check my work. Here is my phone number 506
434-1379 if you have any questions before deciding whether or not to
uphold the law and protect the investor’s interests in Magna from my
necessary civil actions. I gave my material to Argeo P. Cellucci in
Canada in July of 2002 before I sent the Sheriffs out with my first
complaints. I know by the fax numbers at the top of my first complaint
that it was Ashcroft and Cellucci that directed the US Attorney to try
to make my complaints evaporate. Now that Cellucci speaks for Magna
and Belinda speaks for Canadians there is a couple of Amos boys that
should have along talk about many things. But forget trying to label
me as your brother until I am assured of your integrity. I have a high
contempt towards lawyers and their sense of ethics for very
justifiable reasons.
Note: forwarded message attached.
I’d bet that Frank Stronach won’t bet against darkhorses anymore EH?
I bet Franky Boy McKenna didn’t tell ya about this one.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:17:23 -0300
Subject: Your tally of blogs about me to date dictates that maybe you
can inspire a war resister such as Corey Glass to contact me before
Harper gives him the boot.
To: danf@danf.net, pm@pm.gc.ca
Cc: irishmike02@yahoo.com, common_ills@yahoo.com, Dion.S@parl.gc.ca,
Bevilacqua.M@parl.gc.ca, vancouvercatholicworker@yahoo.ca
Like you everybody thinks I am a nut excepting of course Stevey Boy
Harper and the dummy Dion. They just flat out hate me. Nest Pas?
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/05/david-amos-high-noon-email-to-ottawa.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/05/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-4.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-3.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-2.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/03/david-amos-nb-nwo-whistleblower-part-1b.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/03/3rd-part-political-runs-in-maritimes.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/05/nfld-whistleblower-dodges-libel-charge.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/05/cow-mutilation-new-brunswick-landgrab.html
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <ahamilton@casselsbrock.com>; <mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>;
<main@bsbcriminallaw.com>; <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>; <pm@pm.gc.ca>;
<info@pco-bcp.gc.ca>; <wallinp@sen.parl.gc.ca>;
<tosullivan@counsel-toronto.com>; <marc.garneau.a1@parl.gc.ca>;
<greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; <leader@greenparty.ca>;
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>; <Kory.Teneycke@sunmedia.ca>;
<Costa.Dimopoulos@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <pmccann@mccannandlyttle.com>;
<pmantas@fasken.com>; <stephen.toope@ubc.ca>; <perrin@law.ubc.ca>;
<kevin.violot@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <janice.murray@parl.gc.ca>;
<greg.weston@cbc.ca>; <acampbell@ctv.ca>; <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>;
<Biage.Carrese@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <brazep@sen.parl.gc.ca>
Cc: <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:05 PM
Subject: Harper claimed in Question Period today that Nigel Wright is the
only person responsible??? Well ALL the unethical politicians and the RCMP
must recall that Michel Bastarache is the former LIBERAL Senator Harb’s
lawyer and he knows it all Correct Alward?
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/harper-claimed-in-question-period-today.html
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:22:27 -0300
Subject: Harper claimed in Question Period today that Nigel Wright is
the only person responsible??? Well ALL the unethical politicians and
the RCMP must recall that Michel Bastarache is the former LIBERAL
Senator Harb’s lawyer and he knows it all Correct Alward?
To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, “david.alward” <david.alward@gnb.ca>,
Hoka Hey Mr Alward
After question period was over to day I heard the Speaker say the
local Minister of Indian Affairs (for one more year) was in the
gallery watchiing the circus.
Anyway do you or the RCMP or the lawyer Mulcair or Trudeau the Younger or
Sun TV or or your blogging butt buddy Chucky Leblanc or anyone else remember
my email to Duffy, Harper and their cohorts last night? I posted it
in a blog as soon as I sent it Correct? If so what was with all the
dumb questions to Harper today?
You know as well as I that I made certain since 2002 that all the
smiling bastards have
known the awful truth of my concerns about the severe lack of
integrity of lawyers, cops, bureaucrats, the media and
parliementarians etc. I have recieved too many
answers for you bastards to deny the obvious. Anyway the attachments I
sent with the email below were wickedly wonderful for a crook such as
Duffy to get EH?
At least the evil old French lawyer’s computer was honest N’esy Pas Mr
Alward?
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/fwd-mikey-duffy-and-lawyers-petey.html
After that check this out.
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <mbastarache@heenan.ca>; <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: “Duceppe. G” <Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca>; “layton. j” <Layton.J@parl.gc.ca>;
“MichaelB. Murphy” <MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca>; <moore.r@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: It was a pleasure talking to you Mr Bastarache see you all in
court.
I wonder if Harper amd Mac Harb’s lawyer Bastarache remember that
wicked email from early 2009 and recall the sound files that were
attached to it.
Trust that Duffy got them too a long time ago just like Layton,
Murphy, Ducceppe and YOU did EH Rob Moore?.
(Trust that I will be forwarding this email to many others in a heartbeat)
FYI below is the last email I ever sent Mac Harb and Harper before
Harb supposedly paid what he owed and snuck out the back door of
parliament to collect a big pension just like the very crooked liberal
lawyer Davey Dingwall did (Did ya see the sneaky bastard talking to
the equally sneaky David Akin on Sun TV on election night in Nova
Scotia?) Does anyone rember when and why I pounced on his lawyer Ivan
Whitehall when he was a partner at Heenan Blaikie in 2005? (Heres you
clue check the Gomery Inquiry) Liberals love being entitled to their
entitlements and they make sure they get them when they hire the well
connected lawyers hanging their hats at your law firm EH Mr Chretien?
On Jun 12, 2013 CBC posted the following words.
“Harb resigned from the Liberal caucus in the wake of the May 13 Senate
report, saying he would fight the findings in court. He is now sitting as an
Independent and has retained Michel Bastarache, a retired Supreme
Court justice, as his lawyer.”
I have no doubt whatsoever that Harb quit bullshitting about his
willingness to litigate and quit while he was ahead on the advice of the
evil bastard Bastarache because I have been keeping Bastarche and
his partners in Heenan Blaikie constantly updated as to what I was up to
since early 2004. Furthermore not long after I sent the email below I
called Harb’s office again and asked to speak to him personally. The lady
who answered his phone said he was not there as usual. So I asked her
if she was the one receiving my emails. She said yes. I asked her if Harb
and his lawyer were aware of them. She said she printed every one of
them and put the Hard Copy on Harb’s desk to review. She had no idea
if Bastarche knew anything. I thanked her for her honesty and told her to
tell Harb to call me before I talked to his lawyer again. I did not bother
calling Bastarche once I heard Harb quit. However clearly I keep the
evil old bastard informed particularly when I am talking about him.
I suspect that the crook Harb wanted the taxpayer dimes to pay for
Hard Copy of all my emails and whatever else he wished to take with
him when he left his office on the hill in far away Upper Canada.
I bet mean Mikey Duffy has done the same thing N’esy Pas?
.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
P.S After Question period was over I heard Ted Hsu yap as the 68th speaker
and the next to the last to comment before a vote on Harper’s latest omnibus
budget bill. This was all said to a deaf ear to a sneaky NDP deputy speaker.
When the Green Meany Dizzy Lizzy May chimed in with her two bits about the
worried crooked bureaucrats within the NRC. I shook my head and
laughed at the true nonsense of it all. Well they can all cry me a
river. I know for a fact that the May and Hsu do not mean a single
word they say. Furthermore the bloggers and Internet research dudes
within the NRC based on the UNB campus Fat Fred City should be laid
off and the office shut down in its entirety ASAP. They are all just
over paid bureaucratic spin doctors for Harper or whomever wins the
next federal mandate.
ENJOY YOUR REVIEW OF SOME OF MY EMAILS
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: “mikeduffy” <mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>; “greg.horton”
<greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “Biage.Carrese”
<Biage.Carrese@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “brazep” <brazep@sen.parl.gc.ca>; “harbm”
<harbm@sen.parl.gc.ca>; “pm” <pm@pm.gc.ca>; “justin.trudeau.a1”
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>; “justmin” <justmin@gov.ns.ca>; “leader”
<leader@greenparty.ca>; “MulcaT” <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; <boston@ic.fbi.gov>;
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>; “bob.paulson” <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
“Kevin.leahy” <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; <Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov>;
<us.marshals@usdoj.gov>; <Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov>; “jcarney”
<jcarney@carneybassil.com>; <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>
Cc: “David Amos” <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; “Dale.McGowan”
<Dale.McGowan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “bernadine.chapman”
<bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “Leanne.Fitch”
<Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 7:21 PM
Subject: While your mindless boss Biage Carrese is away perhaps YOU should
finally respond to me EH Cpl Greg Horton?
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/what-joke-mindless-lawyer-mulcair-is-eh.html
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2013/07/08/Corporal-Horton-Mike-Duffy/
—– Original Message —–
From: Biage Carrese <Biage.Carrese@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:00:31 -0400
Subject: Re: What a joke the mindless lawyer Mulcair is EH Mikey Duffy
and Cpl Greg Horton? (OUT OF OFFICE/ABSENT )
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I will be away from the office August 8th to and including August
23rd. Plse contact Insp. Costa Dimopoulos if you require assistance
(613-993-6912).
Je serai absent et à l’extérieur du pays du 8 au 23 aout. Si vous
avez besoin d’assistance, SVP communiquez avec l’insp. Costa
Dimopoulos. (613-993-6912).
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/fwd-mikey-duffy-and-lawyers-petey.html
From: “Bastarache, Michel (Heenan Blaikie)” <MBastarache@heenan.ca>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:21:32 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : Mikey Duffy and the lawyers Petey
MacKay and Arty Hamilton should remember the file called “Upper
Canadians” quite well EH Mr Harper
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Je serai absent jusqu`au 1er novembre 2013. Vous pouvez communiquez
avec mon adjointe Louise Belleau au 613-236-1668.
I will be away from the office until November 1st, 2013. If you
require assistance, please contact my assistant Louise Belleau at
613-236-1668
Merci / Thank you
M Bastarache
[cid:image2e6d67.JPG@bdab12e8.419ff6b5]
Michel Bastarache
Avocat-Conseil / Counsel
Litige
HEENAN BLAIKIE SRL / LLP
T 613 236.3488
F 866 441.2699 mbastarache@heenan.ca
55, rue Metcalfe, bureau 300, Ottawa (Ontario) Canada K1P 6L5
55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 300, Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 6L5
Ce courriel pourrait contenir des renseignements confidentiels ou
privilégiés. Si vous n’êtes pas le véritable destinataire, veuillez
nous en aviser immédiatement. Merci.
This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you
are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Thank
you.
———- Original message ———-
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:21:11 -0300
Subject: Mikey Duffy and the lawyers Petey MacKay and Arty Hamilton
should remember the file called “Upper Canadians” quite well EH Mr
Harper
To: MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, bryn.weese@sunmedia.ca,
“justin.trudeau.a1” <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, “Kory.Teneycke”
<Kory.Teneycke@sunmedia.ca>, byline <byline@sunmedia.ca>, ahamilton
<ahamilton@casselsbrock.com>, mikeduffy <mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
Mackap <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, info@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
info@gg.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, acampbell
<acampbell@ctv.ca>, “steve.murphy” <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, wallinp
<wallinp@sen.parl.gc.ca>, mbastarache <mbastarache@heenan.ca>,
“steve.graham” <steve.graham@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, “greg.horton”
<greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/politics/story/1.2254419
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2619608/Upper-Canadians
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <bryn.weese@sunmedia.ca>; <masrour_zoghi@yahoo.ca>;
<tracyjmorey@yahoo.ca>; <a.crossman@eastlink.ca>; <kenlow@shaw.ca>;
<sarrapacific@telus.net>; <team@lillianszpak.ca>; <fillmore0274@rogers.com>;
<mike@citycaucus.com>; <daniel@citycaucus.com>; <contact@kathleenohara.ca>;
<mdobbin@telus.net>
Cc: “pm” <pm@pm.gc.ca>; <info@pco-bcp.gc.ca>; <info@gg.ca>;
“maritime_malaise” <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:48 AM
Subject: RE: Catch 22 Here are some documents that can embarass the hell out
of Harper etc
Anyone can down load these documents
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2526023/DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right
Trust that I have LOTS more.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:28:28 -0300
Subject: Yo Ellen Qualls clearly your boss Terry McAuliffe forgot who
I was and his foes to the right Ken Cuccinelli and Robert Sarvis
didn’t give a damn EH?
To: jvlab@robertsarvis.com, info@robertsarvis.com,
info@terrymcauliffe.com, Lauren@cuccinelli.com, “greg.weston”
<greg.weston@cbc.ca>, “Davidc.Coon” <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>,
“justin.trudeau.a1” <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, acampbell
<acampbell@ctv.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, “joshua.skurnik”
<joshua.skurnik@sunmedia.ca>, “ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca”
<ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca>
Wright’s $90K offer to Mike Duffy had conditions, RCMP say
Duffy told not to talk to media in exchange for money
By Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC News
Posted: Jul 5, 2013 12:21 PM ET
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Nigel Wright’s $90,000 payment to cover Senator Mike Duffy’s expenses was
offered only with certain conditions, according to court documents that also
show several people in the Prime Minister’s Office knew about the offer.
New details about the payment and the circumstances around it are contained
in an application to the court by the RCMP seeking documents from the Senate
and other material for its investigation of Duffy’s expense claims.
RCMP investigator Cpl. Greg Horton wrote he has reasonable grounds to
believe Duffy committed breach of trust and fraud on the government because
of inappropriate expense claims and because he accepted the money from
Wright.
a.. Who’s who in the Senate expense controversy
Wright was Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff who resigned over
the matter once it was reported in the media in May.
The RCMP met with Wright’s two lawyers on June 19, and they revealed that
while there was no written contract between Wright and Duffy, Wright asked
for two conditions to be met in return for the $90,000: that Duffy stop
talking to the media and that he reimburse the government immediately with
the money.
The lawyers, Patrick McCann and Peter Mantas, said Wright was not directed
by anyone to make the offer, that he believed it was the ethical thing to do
so that taxpayers weren’t on the hook, and that he and Duffy were not
friends.
But the decision came only after the Conservative Party of Canada considered
paying the bill for Duffy’s inappropriately claimed expenses when it was
thought he owed $32,000. The party has a fund controlled by Duffy’s
colleague in the upper chamber, Senator Irving Gerstein.
When the amount owed jumped to $90,000, the party decided it was too much to
cover. Duffy was concerned he didn’t have the money to cover the
reimbursement, the lawyers told the RCMP, and he was also worried that if he
didn’t claim a primary residence in Prince Edward Island, his eligibility
for a Senate seat would be at risk.
Some PMO staff knew
Senators Patrick Brazeau and Mac Harb have been asked to pay taxpayers back
for housing and travel allowance claims. Harb paid $51,000 back on Friday.
a.. Read about Harb’s repayment
Wright didn’t offer to cover their expenses, the lawyers said. He got a bank
draft from CIBC on March 25 that went to Duffy’s lawyer, then Duffy wrote a
personal cheque to pay the government.
Harper says he didn’t know about Wright giving the money to Duffy until it
was revealed in the media and in question period on May 28. The prime
minister said Wright made the decision on his own and kept the matter to
himself until May 15.
But the court documents say Wright let the RCMP know on June 21 that he told
Gerstein and three people in Harper’s office that he was going to write
Duffy a cheque: David van Hemmen, Chris Woodcock, and Benjamin Perrin.
Perrin worked in the Prime Minister’s Office as Harper’s legal adviser and
some media reports have said he was involved in arranging the Duffy deal, a
claim he denies. Perrin issued a statement on May 21 saying he “was not
consulted on, and did not participate in” Wright’s decision and that he
never talked to Harper about the matter. He recently left his job in the PMO
and is employed by the University of British Columbia.
Conditions attached
Van Hemmen worked as Wright’s assistant and Woodcock is director of issues
management in the PMO.
The RCMP investigator says in the court document that he believes the
conditions attached to the payment offer back up the idea that there was an
agreement between Wright and Duffy involving the $90,000 and the Senate
report that ended up not being critical of the Prince Edward Island senator.
It has been reported in the media that Duffy agreed to say publicly he made
a mistake and was paying the money back in exchange for Wright actually
paying the money and a Senate report that would go easy on him.
This would amount to fraud on Duffy’s part, according to the RCMP, and his
per diems and his housing allowance that he should not have claimed would be
breach of trust.
The documents lay out details of how the Senate report on Duffy’s expenses
was amended by Conservative senators David Tkachuk and Carolyn
Stewart-Olsen. Stewart-Olsen was interviewed by the RCMP and said the report
removed the critical portions about Duffy because he had paid the money
back, she didn’t know Wright actually paid the money, and that no one told
her and Tkachuk to change the report from its draft versions.
Duffy was reached by CBC News on Friday and said he had no comment. Wright’s
lawyer said he is co-operating with the RCMP and has no further comment.
Harper’s spokesman, Andrew MacDougall, was asked by CBC News to respond to a
long list of questions Friday including what role, if any, van Hemmen,
Woodcock, Perrin played and whether Harper knew his party was willing to pay
for Duffy.
“This file was handled by Nigel Wright and he has taken sole responsibility
for his decision to provide his personal funds to Duffy,” MacDougall
responded, adding that the court document states Harper was not aware of the
offer and found out about it on May 15.
CBC News also asked Conservative party president John Walsh a series of
questions. Party spokesman Fred DeLorey responded instead by saying only
that the Conservative Fund did not pay for Duffy’s expenses.
NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice said the details revealed by the court document
are “troubling.” He said in an interview that Harper’s version of events “is
just not true.”
“It’s not a personal issue between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy because there
was a first attempt to cover up this scandal by the Conservative Party,” he
said.
Boulerice said he wants to know if Harper knew the party was going to pay
for Duffy and whether he asked his staff who was involved once the news
about Wright’s payment broke.
“There’s a lot of questions to answer now and Mr. Harper should do the right
thing and tell the truth,” he said.
Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday that anyone who abuses the system
should be held accountable and should “leave public office with their head
hung in shame.”
“I think when you see people like Senator Duffy or others taking taxpayers’
money, using it in an arrogant, irresponsible and perhaps illegal way, I
think taxpayers are rightfully upset, rightfully mad and they should be,” he
told reporters at an event.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said it’s curious that the Conservative party
would be willing to pay for Duffy to “make his problems go away” and that
Harper has not been transparent with Canadians.
“It’s been a real disappointment and it’s frustrating, quite frankly, to
have to be learning about what happened in the Prime Minister’s Office
through a very serious police investigation, and this Prime Minister has
completely lost any credibility with the Canadian people because of his
mishandling of this scandal,” Trudeau told reporters.
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <main@bsbcriminallaw.com>; “greg.horton” <greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
<ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca>; <KAwan@mlt.com>; <BShiller@rubyshiller.com>;
<Ruby@rubyshiller.com>; <cashby@bellnet.ca>; “mayor_ford”
<mayor_ford@toronto.ca>; “themayor” <themayor@calgary.ca>; “radical”
<radical@radicalpress.com>; “hjk” <hjk@quesnelbc.com>; “Kory.Teneycke”
<Kory.Teneycke@sunmedia.ca>; “michael.coren” <michael.coren@sunmedia.ca>;
“bob.paulson” <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “bob.rae”
<bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>; “Bob.Kerr” <Bob.Kerr@cbc.ca>; “acampbell”
<acampbell@ctv.ca>; “Newsroom” <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>; “newsroom”
<newsroom@terracestandard.com>; “merv” <merv@northwebpress.com>; “cullen1”
<cullen1@parl.gc.ca>; “john.warr” <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “mikeduffy”
<mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>; “wallinp” <wallinp@sen.parl.gc.ca>;
<tosullivan@counsel-toronto.com>; “msegal” <msegal@murraysegal.com>;
“PREMIER” <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>; “Mackap” <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>; “mbastarache”
<mbastarache@heenan.ca>
Cc: “David Amos” <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:17 AM
Subject: A possilble Ollie North of the North? Good Evening Mr Bayne and Cpl
Horton how are your consiences doing? I don’t think Mean Mikey Duffy or
Nigel Wright wish to Harper’ fall guy do you?
Perhaps Cpl Horton and Duffy should remind Mr Bayne how many emails I
sent them AND HARPER and many others as well EH?
What you see below was just the latest to Duffy. As you well I
published it EH Pam?
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-sun-tv-and-standwithezra-zionist.html
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/politics/story/1.2128886
http://www.bsbcriminallaw.com/Lawyers/Donald-Bayne.shtml
—– Original Message —–
From: “David Amos” <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
To: <stephen.toope@ubc.ca>; <perrin@law.ubc.ca>; “kevin.violot”
<kevin.violot@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; “janice.murray” <janice.murray@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: “David Amos” <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 4:27 PM
Subject: Fwd: While your mindless boss Biage Carrese is away perhaps YOU
should finally respond to me EH Cpl Greg Horton?
http://www.law.ubc.ca/faculty/Perrin/
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2013/04/03/stephen-toope-to-leave-ubc-presidency-in-june-2014/
http://www.planning.ubc.ca/vancouver_home/news_and_events/enewsletter/june_2012/articles644.php
Benjamin Perrin
Associate Professor
Tel: 604.822.1208
Fax: 604.822.8108
E-mail: perrin@law.ubc.ca
Office Location: Allard Hall, 363
Benjamin Perrin is an Associate Professor at the University of British
Columbia, Faculty of Law and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier
Institute for Public Policy. He recently returned from a leave of
absence in Ottawa where he served as special advisor and legal counsel
to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and was lead policy advisor on all
matters related to the Department of Justice, Public Safety Canada
(including the RCMP, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Security
Intelligence Service, Correctional Service of Canada, and Parole Board
of Canada), and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:08:35 -0300
Subject: Fwd: While your mindless boss Biage Carrese is away perhaps
YOU should finally respond to me EH Cpl Greg Horton?
To: Costa.Dimopoulos@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, “rod.knecht”
<rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>, pmccann@mccannandlyttle.com,
pmantas@fasken.com, “marc.garneau.a1” <marc.garneau.a1@parl.gc.ca>,
“greg.horton” <greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Jessica Hume
<jessica.hume@sunmedia.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, “steven.blaney”
<steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca>
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2013/07/24/20997931.html
http://mccannandlyttle.com/contact/
Patrick F.D. McCann
phone: 613.236.1410
pmccann@mccannandlyttle.com
http://www.fasken.com/peter-mantas/
Peter N. Mantas
+1 613 696 6886
+1 613 230 6423 (fax)
pmantas@fasken.com
http://www.sprucegroveexaminer.com/2011/02/03/tragedy-has-led-to-improved-procedures
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 19:21:11 -0300
Subject: While your mindless boss Biage Carrese is away perhaps YOU
should finally respond to me EH Cpl Greg Horton?
To: mikeduffy <mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>, “greg.horton”
<greg.horton@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, “Biage.Carrese”
<Biage.Carrese@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, brazep <brazep@sen.parl.gc.ca>, harbm
<harbm@sen.parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, “justin.trudeau.a1”
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, justmin <justmin@gov.ns.ca>, leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, boston@ic.fbi.gov,
washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, “bob.paulson”
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, “Kevin.leahy”
<Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov,
us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney
<jcarney@carneybassil.com>, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, “Dale.McGowan”
<Dale.McGowan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, “bernadine.chapman”
<bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, “Leanne.Fitch”
<Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/what-joke-mindless-lawyer-mulcair-is-eh.html
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2013/07/08/Corporal-Horton-Mike-Duffy/
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Biage Carrese <Biage.Carrese@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:00:31 -0400
Subject: Re: What a joke the mindless lawyer Mulcair is EH Mikey Duffy
and Cpl Greg Horton? (OUT OF OFFICE/ABSENT )
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I will be away from the office August 8th to and including August
23rd. Plse contact Insp. Costa Dimopoulos if you require assistance
(613-993-6912).
Je serai absent et à l’extérieur du pays du 8 au 23 aout. Si vous
avez besoin d’assistance, SVP communiquez avec l’insp. Costa
Dimopoulos. (613-993-6912).
On 8/8/13, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
FYI The letter to Petey MacKay and his party’s lawyer Arty Hamilton and
others was
posted here a long long time ago.
http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2005/03/me-and-bush.html
I also reminded Duffy Harper, Mulcair, Trudeau, May, the RCMP, Indians, Ezzy
Levant and many other people of it and prodived the text of it once again on
July
15th of this year Correct John Wiliamson?
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/07/too-too-funny-on-sun-media-i-saw-petey.html
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:44:23 -0300
Subject: Too Too Funny on Sun Media I saw Petey Rosenthal David
Orchard’s & Shawn Brant’s former lawyer talk of Oaths to the Queen
after reruns of the lawyer Ezzy Baby Levant and associates yapping
about liberals, Clayton Ruby, Shawn Brant and Eco Terrorists
To: pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, “jason.kenney.c1” <jason.kenney.c1@parl.gc.ca>,
ruby <ruby@rubyshiller.com>, rosent@math.toronto.edu,
“ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca” <ezra.levant@sunmedia.ca>, MulcaT
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, “justin.trudeau.a1”
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>,
“Stephane.vaillancourt” <Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
mikeduffy <mikeduffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>, dions1 <dions1@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, creeclayton77
<creeclayton77@gmail.com>, ppalmater <ppalmater@politics.ryerson.ca>,
jrebick <jrebick@politics.ryerson.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, “bob.paulson”
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, “john.warr” <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
“John.Williamson” <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, wendallnicholas
<wendallnicholas@gmail.com>, xchief <xchief@bell.blackberry.net>
—– Original Message —–
From: David Amos
To: orakwa ; Danny.Copp@fredericton.ca ; lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca ;
Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca ; Kim.Quartermain@fredericton.ca ;
Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.ca ; police@fredericton.ca ;
carl.urquhart@gnb.ca ; cityadmin@fredericton.ca ;
samperrier@hotmail.com ; lorraineroche@gov.nl.ca ;
forest@conservationcouncil.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com ;
dan.bussieres@gnb.ca ; premier@gnb.ca ; abel.leblanc@gnb.ca ;
t.j.burke@gnb.ca ; jacques_poitras@cbc.ca ; jonesr@cbc.ca ;
whistleblower@ctv.ca ; tomp.young@atlanticradio.rogers.com ;
John.Ferguson@saintjohn.ca ; wrscott@nbpower.com ; dhay@nbpower.com ;
arsenault_chris@hotmail.com ; bill.corby@gnb.ca ;
Sandra.Conlin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca ;
Easter.W@parl.gc.ca ; andrew.holland@nb.aibn.com ; debra@greenparty.ca
; bruns@unb.ca ; cbcnb@cbc.ca
Cc: scotta@parl.gc.ca ; caseyb@parl.gc.ca ; warren.tolman@hklaw.com ;
howiecarr@wrko.com ; barnicle@969fmtalk.com ;
cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca ; cotlei@parl.gc.ca ;
Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us ; Brian.A.Joyce@state.ma.us ;
wickedwanda3@adelphia.net ; fbinhct@leo.gov ; Harper.S@parl.gc.ca ;
bmulroney@ogilvyrenault.com ; days1@parl.gc.ca ; day.s@parl.gc.ca ;
jonesr@cbc.ca ; Dion.S@parl.gc.ca ; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca ;
moorew@sen.parl.gc.ca ; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca ; Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca ;
Casey.B@parl.gc.ca ; Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca ; Thibault.L@parl.gc.ca ;
Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca ; Sandra.Conlin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
complaints@cpc-cpp.gc.ca ; Linda.Dorcenaforry@state.ma.us ;
wgilmour@pdclawyers.ca ; mail@ronpaul2008.com ; info@kucinich.us ;
John.Conyers@mail.house.gov
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [IPSM] TIME: Shawn Brant’s Bail Review say Hoka hey
to Peter Rosenthal for me will ya?
http://www.scribd.com/collections/2284190/Canadians?page=1
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2619608/upper-canadians
Just so ya know Rosenthal was too chicken to answer this letter and
the related material that was sent along with it but the long
Jean-Pierre Kingsley’s lawyers certainly did. Press print on the tiff
file that I sent you people long ago that was entitled “Upper
Canadians” and you will have hard copy of the proof of what I say is
true.
On a more comical note, what do ya think the lawyer Dizzzie
Lizzie May will do with her newfound knowledge of Petey Bay MacKay’s
malice towards me? Nothing? Methinks it is so. She has claimed on the
boob tube and elsewhere that she is sick of all the lies about this
and that. In my humble opinion she has made herself ill from her own
bullshit.
Ask your old Minister of Indian Affairs about why I ran against
him in the next election or better yet ask me sometime if ya dare how
easily I can prove that the Election of the 39th Parliament was not
legal. I Double Dog Dare You To.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
FYI this letter was posted here a long long time ago.
It is as follows
September 10th 2004
Paul J.J. Cavalluzzo
C/o Veena Verma
Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre & Cornish
PO Box 507, Station B
Ottawa, ON K1P 5P6
David Orchard
C/o Peter Rosenthal
Roach, Schwartz and Associates
688 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON M6C 1B1
Jean-Pierre Kingsley
C/o Diane R. Davidson
Elections Canada
257 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4
Peter MacKay
C/o Arthur Hamilton
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W.
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
RE: Corruption
Hey,
It has been over three months since I returned to Canada and contacted
you all. Now that I have returned to the USA I will wait only three
more weeks for you to act ethically and uphold the Public Trust. CTV
or whatever said Fundy was a riding to watch but nobody mentioned me.
I answered openly and honestly to every question put to me in every
debate that I was allowed to attend. I had lots to say and now my work
speaks for itself as I fall silent. Now I have a few questions. I
would appreciate honest answers.
Pursuant to my many contacts and various conversations to you folks or
those of your offices, please find enclosed an exact copy of all
material sent to Jean Chretien and Brian Mulroney. The copy of wiretap
tape numbered 139 is served upon Diane R. Davidson, Veena Verma, Peter
Rosenthal, Arthur Hamilton and Peter MacKay in confidence as officers
of the court in order that it may be properly investigated by the Arar
Commission. May I suggest that Veena Verma solicit the Arar Commisson
to demand CSIS to provide them with the six original tapes given to
the priest, Bill Elliot and the Sussex Detachment of the RCMP in order
that they may be investigated as well.
By the time you read this letter and study the contents hopefully I
will have returned to the USA and stood in court once more in order to
defend my Clan’s rights and interests. I will be inserting this letter
to you folks in the Public Record of many courts in the USA. If you
act ethically and quickly I will see no reason to sue you. However I
will be calling you all to testify to what you know to be true. Shame
on all of you for allowing my country to throw me back into the
clutches of Attorney General Ashcroft without any regard for my
safety. If I die my blood will be on your hands.
Too many mobsters and crooked FEDS want these god-damned tapes for me
to think otherwise. As you can see I have signed statements from both
a US Attorney and a District Attorney claiming for over one year now
that these tapes are part of our Probate Actions. I will prove that
they are not two more times before I complain of every lawyer and law
enforcement authority that I have contacted in two countries.
Oct 3rd, 2004, I will count you all amongst the conspirators against
me if I do not receive an answer from you that I agree with by that
date. Now you know I ain’t joking.
Mr. Rosenthal, I have no doubt that you are a clever fellow. Teaching
Math is clean work. I admire that you only choose to practice law when
you consider a matter to be of great social importance. After my
speaking with David Orchard and studying his actions since that time.
I believe David Orchard is all about David Orchard and the Public
Trust only interests him when it affects his interests. The minor spit
and chew about the demise of his former party is somewhat petty
considering the far more important issues that are afoot these days.
Would not your services be better placed in assisting me in compelling
the governments to uphold the law and the Public Trust? I ask that you
study the material I have provided closely and then think about your
own words and that of your friends. They are hereto attached for your
review. My question is don’t you think it would benefit all Canadians
if I complained of Anne McLellan and Wayne Easter in order to make
them accountable for their lack of diligence in protecting my dumb
ass? Just because I am a pigheaded Canadian layman, it does not follow
that Anne or Wayne should allow Ashcroft and his cohorts to try to
send me to Cuba without counsel. Many lawyers wish for me to simply
disappear or quit so that they could continue to practice law for
lucre or malice. I have no doubt many lawyers like Alan Dershowitz and
even his adversary Bob Barr would like to see me tortured or beat to
death by like H. Pail Rico was. Do you see how easily I predicted his
demise. That was a nobrainer. What say you? Do you wish to assist me
or not? If not give my friend, Byron Prior a call. Now there is man in
great need of a good lawyer with a sense of social conscience and a
bit of integrity to boot. Every Canadian should feel offended by T
Alex Hickman.
Mr. MacKay thanks for proving to the world what a lawyer’s word is
worth even when he signs his hand to it. Your little back stabbing
trick with David Orchard proved my point in spades. I really don’t
know what Orchard is whining about. Hasn’t he heard a few lawyer jokes
in his time on the planet? Much truth is told in jest. Check my work
before you call me a liar. From one Maritmer to another if you asked
me to step outside I would smile and quit talking and start swinging
immediately. I am a much better man than that fat bastard that went to
Harvard and you can tell him I said so. My question to you sir, is do
you wish to call me a liar and then step outside to settle it or argue
me in Court? Better yet, do you and the fat bastard wish to tag team
against me or go at me one on one in court or out of it? All that I
have said is true. I read where the fat bastard lost a hundred pounds
in order to help get reelected. If I did that I would be half the man
I am now but I would still have enough sand left to take you both on.
The MacKay Clan should be ashamed of you. How is that for picking a
fight? EH?
Ms. Davidson, please find enclosed the documents proving I did what
was required of me on July 6th in order to get my deposit back. When
may I expect the money? Why would your help call me about this stuff
without checking with Ms. Chappell first? You always referred me to
her. It is not my fault if you lose the records. Right?
Ms. Davidson, I have another couple of very important questions as
well. When I appeared at the local Canada Elections Office with my
secretary and a witness as required, Ms Chappell would not allow me to
begin the process of registering as a Canidate until she received a
call from some unnamed lawyer from Ottawa. I know that person must
have been you or someone who spoke for you.
Ms. Chappell was waiting for you, Ms. Davidson to decide as to whether
or not I could run for Parliament. I can easily prove byway of phone
records and emails that I had resolved these issues months ago with
the top dogs in your office long before an election was ever called. I
then did it once again after the election was called and then again
with Ms. Chappell before I returned to Canada and then the day before
coming to her office. The deliberate delay was obvious to all and very
offensive. What would have Rob Moore or John Herron’s friend David
Lutz have done if you had tried such a trick with them, Sue you? Why
should I be any different? I do have the same Rights. If you don’t
think I would be just as diligent as any lawyer when protecting my
rights, you have seriously underestimated me. Call my bluff. I dare
ya.
Ms Davidson, you are not a judge nor are you a Member of Parliament.
You have no right to make a law or decide on it. If there was some
sort of legal question why did you not address it months ago with me?
It was my opinion that you were simply delaying me until the clock
tolled two o’clock and then I would not be allowed to have my name on
the ballot. I truly believe you were acting in the best interest of
other lawyers rather that upholding the Public Trust placed in you.
When I kept demanding to just know your name or to talk to you, I was
denied that right. However I did manage to become a candidate by
exactly two o’clock because you knew as sure as I am typing this that
I would have complained of you in a heartbeat after two o’clock. What
say you Ms. Davidson? Do you disagree with my opinion of what happened
on June 7th? If you were not the lawyer attempting to illegally delay
me then that person was acting under your authority. Correct? You are
the Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Legal Counsel. I am just
the self appointed Chief of my little Clan but as you can see I have
no fear of arguing with fancy upper Canadian lawyers. Do you wish to
explain or should I summons you to court to get an answer? Again I ask
when do I get my money back? My accountant has filed his work quite a
while ago as well. What is the reason for the delay now? Ain’t it
kinda funny how the Queen would not take my check but I must accept
hers?
Ms. Verma, I recall our conversation vividly and can easily prove my
following contacts with you. I already know the answer but my only
question to you is WHY?
As I continue my legal battles in the USA, I want you all to know that
win or lose I was trying to protect your rights too against the
bastards that created the DHS etc.
Cya’ll in Court:)
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA. 02186
More laws won’t mean less terror
Experts warn of ‘giving the devil the benefit of the law’
Law Times By David Gambrill
Expanding the power of criminal law will not stop terrorism, say legal
academics, and may instead lead to the permanent imposition of
extraordinary emergency measures and concentrated state power.
Quoting a character in the Robert Bolt play, A Man for All Seasons,
Oren Gross, a Benjamin Cardoso School of Law professor, issued a
general warning against “giving the devil the benefit of the law” in
order to make the public feel more secure.
“Extravagent terrorist attacks such as those on Sept. 11 tend to bring
about a rush to legislate,” Gross told a legal scholars’ conference
convened to discuss the federal government’s new antiterrorism
legislation, bill C-36. “The preventative relief [is thought to] be,
‘If only we add new powers to police, if only we add to the Criminal
Code, if only we revamp and reinvigorate existing offences, then our
nation is going to be secure.'”
But such logic tends to lead to a concentration of power at the level
of government, he says. Citizens may relinquish their civil liberties
out of fear, encouraging the state “do whatever it takes” to make
terrorism stop, he says.
“Governments tend to overreact,” says Gross. “Terrorism from below
may, to some extent, be replaced with terrorism from above.” Legal
scholars who spoke at the conference echoed Gross’ caution. Some
worried that Canada is permanently entrenching the temporary emergency
powers found in the 1988 Emergencies Act.
“My answer to the question, ‘Can emergency powers be normalized?’ is
yes, they can be,” says U of T law professor David Dyzenhais, a South
African studying the emergency powers employed by the South African
government under apartheid. “But when they are normalized, what we
have is a violation of the spirit of the rule of law.”
U of T math professor Peter Rosenthal, a lawyer at Roach Schwartz and
Associates in Toronto, suggested the federal government should have
used its powers under the 1988 Emergencies Act instead of drafting new
anti-terrorist legislation.
Enacted by the Mulroney government, the Emergencies Act gives the
federal government limited exceptional powers to deal with four types
of emergencies: threats to public welfare, threats to public order,
international emergencies, and war.
International emergencies, says the act, arise “from acts of
intimidation or coercion, or the real or imminent threat of serious
force or violence.”
For an international emergency, the act can be put into affect for 60
days and must be reviewed by Parliament before the deadline can be
extended. It includes powers to limit or restrict travel, ban public
assemblies, remove non-citizens from the country, and enter and search
premises without a warrant. The powers in the act are explicitly
subject to the Charter.
The Emergencies Act replaced the War Measures Act, which the Trudeau
government used to arrest and detain 465 Quebeckers in 1970. The
federal government invoked the War Measures Act after the FLQ
kidnapped Quebec provincial cabinet minister Pierre Laporte, who was
found assassinated one day after the act was declared.
The so-called “October Crisis,” when the War Measures Act was
implemented, started a debate in Canada about when it is appropriate
to suspend civil liberties. The Trudeau government came under heavy
criticism for employing the act.
U of T constitutional law professor Lorraine Weinrib noted the federal
government has studiously avoided using the language of “emergency
measures,” even though it has incorporated such emergency powers into
its anti-terrorist legislation. The same emergency powers are
available under the Emergencies Act, she says, albeit for limited
periods of time and under strict supervision of Parliament.
“I would say the government did not use the Emergencies Act here in
response to the problem of terrorism because it did not want to engage
in this type of review process,” says Weinrib. “It preferred to
continue what has been highly discredited under the War Measures Act
experience – namely, the concentration of power in the executive.”
For this reason, many scholars at the conference encouraged the courts
to review the legislation carefully. Federal government lawyers have
called the proposed anti-terrorist legislation”Charter-proof.” But
that doesn’t mean the anti-terrorism legislation should be enacted,
says U of T law professor Kent Roach.
“We may too quick to accept . . . what the government’s lawyers — or
indeed any lawyers — conclude it is permissible to do,” he says.
Roach listed several extraordinary police powers found in bill C-36.
Most notably, the bill allows police to arrest and detain a person
without a warrant, on suspicion the suspect may be carrying out a
terrorist activity. It also creates “investigative hearings,” in which
suspects are compelled to give testimony that might incriminate them.
Roach was particularly critical of the hearing process, the powers of
which, he insisted, haven’t been around since the English ‘Star
Chamber’ in 1641.
“Compelling a person to talk to the police in an investigation in
which he or she may well be implicated offends our traditions of
respect for the right of silence during police investigations,” he
says. “These traditions date back to the abolition of the Star Chamber
in 1641.”
The Star Chamber, associated with the English Courts, was reviled for
its use of torture. As late as 1614, a Somerset clergyman, Edmond
Peacham, was interrogated on the rack before the Star Chamber in the
presence of the attorney general at the time, Sir Edward Coke.
Roach acknowledged the bill gives detained individuals the right to
counsel at such hearings, but such representation provides cold
comfort. “It gives people subject to investigative hearing the right
to counsel — even though, in many cases, the lawyer will simply have
to inform the target that he or she must talk or else face prosecution
or continued detention,” he says. One danger in forcing people to talk
is that they might lie, says Roach. A combination of perjury and
prosecutorial zeal could may lead to the kind of wrongful convictions
associated with the “Birmingham Six” and “Guilford Four” in England,
he says.
In the early 1970s, the IRA bombed pubs in Birmingham and Guilford,
England, killing more than 21 people. Under pressure to convict the
terrorists, police arrested 10 people in connection with the attacks.
In 1989 and 1991, respectively, a British court of appeal released the
Guilford Four and Birmingham Six after finding they had been wrongly
convicted.
This article does not constitute legal or other professional advice
and no responsibility for any loss occasioned to any person acting or
refraining from action in reliance upon material contained in this
article is accepted by the author or Canada Law Book Inc.
(c)Law Times Inc. 2004. All rights reserved.
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From: Ellen Qualls
To: David Amos
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:49 PM
Subject: I had to write my first email after tonight
David, I really hoped Ken Cuccinelli would relax and be himself tonight.
I hoped he’d stand on the debate stage, look straight into the
television cameras, and repeat all the anti-gay, anti-women’s health,
anti-science things he’s said over the years — straight to Virginia
voters.
Instead, he mostly stuck to talking points about jobs and the economy,
as if saying them now means he has entirely new priorities after a
decade-long obsession with imposing his personal ideology on
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Donate $5 right now to make sure Terry hits his Get Out The Vote Fund
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I’ve worked in Virginia politics for a long time. I’ve lived in the
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be a great governor. But part of why I signed on to help Terry’s
campaign this year was that Ken Cuccinelli’s closed-minded social
agenda feels really out of step with my home of almost 40 years.
Since he wasn’t willing to be up front about that agenda and his
record tonight, I’d like to remind you of a few things he’s said about
us:
Ken Cuccinelli has said being gay leads to “self-destruction.” And so
he’s opposed policies that would protect gay Virginians from
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abortion and that his “ultimate goal” is to make it illegal. And so
he’s pushed policies that could close women’s health clinics and ban
the birth control pill.
Ken Cuccinelli has said that the social safety net was created by “bad
politicians” trying to make people “dependent on government.” And now
he opposes providing health care to hundreds of thousands of
Virginians by expanding Medicaid.
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