Beth said tonight that she had written to 8 different government officials around the middle of July and has never heard back from any of them.
Lots of political campaigning going on in Aruba right now, but no time to respond to Beth.
TES is required to get a permit to search the landfill.
The permit is issued by a government official.
This leads me to believe, as I've heard, the landfill is government owned. I heard a TES searcher (Huston, maybe) say there is equipment belonging to the landfill that has never been offered to help in the search. Yet, Trappenberg claims the government does not own any such machinery.
Trappenberg is either ignorant or lying, IMO.
Sure seems like there are many players working to keep the truth hidden.
You know, the U.S. gov't messes up plenty, all three branches in my opinion. Ideally it should never happen here in the greatest country on earth.
Yet the powers-that-be in this tiny Aruban island portray, to me at least, a puffed-up arrogance which defies anyone to question them. Aruba, with Holland's backing, holds all the aces. This is the same little speck in the sea which would dry up economically if U.S. tourists blackballed their "paradise".
They obviously don't think that will happen and maybe they're right. If Americans declare right now that Aruba is no longer a choice for an island get-away, that news just might hit them right between the eyes---a real wake-up call.
For the parents of NH, I wish the crusade would begin.
Aruban govt. or one of their departments surely owns a few bulldozers and dump trucks. They've done nothing but impede and hinder the investigation unbelievably. Does anyone think if a Van der Sloot daughter had disappeared in like circumstances, and if someone without influence were guilty, that things would be different?
That aside, an attorney or ex-cop on Fox or MSNBC the other night said that this case will be like Martha Moxley, only we won't have to wait twenty years for Joran and the Kalpoe's to get what's coming to them. They'll be released unless NH is found, and even if she is, the Aruban LE will decide she died of natural causes or was eaten by a shark and since Joran left her on the beach, it's her own fault she's dead....but Joran likes to drink and he's reckless. Getting away with murder will make him more reckless. He'll think he's invincible, so when he gets back to his usual behavior and drinks and uses drugs, at some point he'll boast about what he did and where the body is. Someone will decide to cash in on the reward and turn him in. In fact, they might record him. The Kalpoes are no different. They'll get drunk and talk, even back on Senegal, and someone will remember the reward and talk to the cops. Beth Twitty will find her daughter and NH will get justice.
Also, last night J. Masur's son was on Fox and he said his sources say Joran has started talking, so he must have gotten tired of holding his hands over his ears. Plus, he's now 18 and there will be no more daily visits from Papa. He's an adult and different rules apply.