Canada's Watergate (only better .. with Liberals in the cross-hairs!) -- When Justice John Gomery lifted his own publication ban Thursday on jaw-dropping testimony by Groupaction president Jean Brault, a nightmare of allegations against the federal Liberal party gushed forth into the public domain in a firestorm of ferocity.
Goto page: Canadian Liberalism: A Decade Of Scandal & Media Suppres... -- Captain's Quarters exemplifies the best of what blog reporting can be in its recent handling of the Canadian AdsScam case.
From the Gomery commission ....
The story gets legs: http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?id=973c9a98-d566-4ef9-91d8-854c00250ddd
Commission insiders insist that, as lethal as the Brault testimony might be to the Liberal party, there is yet more and worse to come.
UPDATE: Liberal Meltdown in Canada (absolutley devastating information)
http://noncogent.blogspot.com/2005/04/gomery-considering-charging-bloggers.html
http://noncogent.blogspot.com/2005/04/gomery-considering-charging-bloggers.html
Gomery Considering Charging Bloggers It has been suggested to me by what is admittedly second-hand information, that Justice John Gomery will consider charging any Canadian blogger who not only provides a link to a site containing banned material, but any Canadian blogger who “names the site containing the banned material.”
I dont think Canadians will accept this.
This is absolutley devastating information.
http://mkbraaten.blogspot.com
This is absolutley devastating information.
http://mkbraaten.blogspot.com
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| Blogosphere 1, Liberals 0 -- It is the borderlessness of the Internet that has made possible the release of the truth about the Liberals to the Canadian public. Yet we are still in a phase of change where the Liberals are able to harass and intimidate some Canadian blogs, such as NealeNews, into silence. At this point, it was the Americans who came to Canadians’ aid, by posting the information denied to Canadians on a number of American websites. |
| Beat to Quarters (FR mentioned) | ||
| -- Captain's Quarters has really stirred up the Canadian blogosphere by carrying details of court testimony on a governmental scandal that is banned from publication in the Great White North. The scandal is about the use of Canadian government money, laundered through a private ad agency, to hire Liberal Party hacks, and is so serious it may catapault the Canadian conservatives into power. This incident marks one more step by the blogosphere into the realm of news generation as opposed to mere commentary. | ||
Canada: Blogger busts Adscam ban, officials thinking of charging Canadian blogger. -- For those who don't know, the American blog which busted the Canadian wankers is:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
Just keep scrolling for multiple entries. Actually, here's the post which reveals the testimony, the reporting of which is a crime in Canada:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004220.php
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
Just keep scrolling for multiple entries. Actually, here's the post which reveals the testimony, the reporting of which is a crime in Canada:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004220.php
According to 'authorities' linking to the post is a crime in Canada.
Winds of Change has a great post on the scandal. Be sure to read it. Don't forget Small Dead Animals, which has a lot of background on Adscam.
- Entangled: Quick Scandal Update
- Who Dunnit: The Ban, The Blogs & The Politics
- The Dividing Line: Why Martin Investigated His Own Party
- Dance on a Volcano: The Liberals' High-Stakes Options
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- As Captain's Quarters notes, see the blog Small Dead Animals: The Roadkill Diaries for some excellent background on the case.
- Wikipedia's entry is also quite good.
- SDA:TRD also has a roundup of reactions from the Canadian blogosphere.
- Though I have to say, the ultimate link roundup has to be the one at Bound by Gravity.
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NASTY EMAIL RESPONSE from US Publication Ban Breaker [ 1, 2 ]