U.S. Blog Blows Open Canadian Corruption Scandal - (Ed Morrissey,Captn's Qtrs had inside source!)

A.I.M.ORG ^ | MAY 31, 2005 | SHERRIE GOSSETT

[CHARLITE]

In one of the most dramatic stories to date of blogger influence, an American blogger listed the details of inflammatory testimony in a Canadian government corruption case-testimony that was under a publication ban enacted by the judge.

Soon the blogger's website was inundated with hundreds of thousands of hits from Canadians hungry for information, but shut out of the story by the ban. It was a unique case of a lone blogger disseminating information the media were unable to publish.

Ed Morrissey, the writer of Captain's Quarters blog, started reporting on the testimony on April 2 in an entry titled "Canada's Corruption Scandal Breaks Wide Open." The political scandal involved allegations of bribery, kickbacks and illegal campaign financing to the tune of tens of millions of dollars which found their way into liberal party coffers.

Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed the Gomery Commission to investigate the charges and determine whether to bring charges against government officials. (Morrissey recommended the blog Small Dead Animals for "excellent background" on the case.)

Most of the testimony in the case had been public, but Judge Gomery instituted a publication ban on the testimony of three key witnesses. Blogger Morrissey managed to get a contact at the trial, which was later reported to be a Canadian journalist.

Wrote Morrissey: "The potential damage of their testimony has so unnerved the Liberal Party that they have reportedly started working towards a snap election so that they will not have to face the voters once the facts surface from the record."

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..details of inflammatory testimony in a Canadian government corruption case-testimony that was under a publication ban enacted by the judge..."

Says it all.

[concerned about politics]

"Canada's Corruption Scandal Breaks Wide Open." The political scandal involved allegations of bribery, kickbacks and illegal campaign financing to the tune of tens of millions of dollars which found their way into liberal party coffers.

Did they claim there was no controlling legal authority? It worked for Al gore.

[perfect stranger]

He added. "If the Gomery Commission can corroborate Brault, [one of the witnesses whose testimony was under the ban] then the reek of corruption goes through all levels of the Liberal party and may explain their ability to out-campaign the Conservatives. After all, they've siphoned off hundreds of millions of government dollars to promote their own party and to guarantee their monopoly on power. They hijacked the Canadian tax base to fund their own campaigns and hide the financial trail."

Not altogether different from the American left with the media; by now it's obvious for all to CBSNCBCNN.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Did you hear about the case from this source?

... or from FR sources?

[backhoe]

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[Argh]

The case was known about, publicised by the media up here. This blog published the parts of the testimony which were under the ban. I found out about what he published by reading about it somewhere on the Internet, I don't remember if it was FR or some Canadian sources.

[kitkat]

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