The Glenn Clark affair--politically motivated?
Posted: Feb 1st, 2013, 4:30 pm
so now certain members of the RCMP were politically motivated in pursuing the glenn clark deckgate affair. and of course the liberal back room slime were part of it all...what a surprise!!
this province is in deep trouble!
this province is in deep trouble!
AGT: Okay, so what happen, from the top.
RC: Glen Clark should have never been charged with so much as spitting on the side walk.
AGT: What’s that supposed to mean? Why?
RC: When the information against him was gathered, it was reviewed by a number of members at various times. Not one of them could see how this would survive in court.
AGT: Are you telling me that they felt no charges should be laid?
RC: Yes.
AGT: Why not?
EC: Because it was clear Clark made careless moves where Pilarinos was concerned, but not illegal.
AGT: So, were you also someone who reviewed the material?
RC: Yes.
AGT: You saw the entire file?
RC: Yes, there was a lot of information as you can imagine. I read every page.
AGT: But you weren’t part of the investigating team.
RC: That’s right, I wasn’t.
AGT: Okay, so let me take you back to your earlier comment then: How could Glen Clark have been charged if those charges wouldn’t stand up in court?
RC: Peter Montague.
AGT: RCMP Staff Sgt Peter Montague, of Gustafson Lake fame?
RC: Yes, that’s him.
AGT: Go on.
RC: Well, it was Peter that reopened the file and pushed the case after the original investigators found nothing with a likelihood of conviction.
AGT: Why would he do that? Everyone claims he was a strong BC Liberal, and I know he was, but Madame Justice Elizabeth Bennett, in her reasons for judgement, chastised Clark’s lawyer, David Gibbons–now deceased, for not pursuing defence allegations in court that Montague drove this file and that the charges against Clark were politically motivated. Um, I’m having a hard time with that myself. How could he have done this and then gotten through to the the Crown as well? That seems impossible to me.
RC: Um, it’s not. Once it gets past us, sometimes the Crown will rubber stamp it, other times they won’t. Peter was a big name, it became his file. He pushed this like nothing I’d ever seen before. There was a lot of intimidation.
AGT: Okay, why would Montague do this? Forget he’s a BC Liberal and possible candidate at the time, why risk a respected career and good reputation, I don’t get it?
RC: I know. I think he wanted to run badly, but then got cold feet. Peter was a boater, I don’t know if he still is, and lived out in Surrey/White Rock and had contact with Kelly Reichert. That was the pin that held the whole thing together.
AGT: Reichert, the former Executive Director of the BC Liberal Party, and one of Gordon Campbell’s henchmen?
RC: Correct.
AGT: Okay…go on.
RC: Reichert was the one who pushed Peter to consider being a Liberal candidate. He was the one who also recommended the lunch meeting between Peter and Gordon Campbell.
AGT: Did the meeting really happen?
RC: Yes.
AGT: How do you know?
RC: Peter told us.
AGT: Who is us?
RC: Another member and I…one day over coffee.
AGT: Okay…
RC: He also told me that the case against Clark needed to be reopened. That there was more evidence.
AGT: Was there?
RC: No, not as far as I could see. In fact, it looked exactly the same as before.
AGT: Did you tell Montague that?
RC: No way, I was going to be going in a few years anyway, I didn’t want to go up against him, he was very well connected.
AGT: Okay take me back to the Reichert connection.
RC: Sure, Reichert also recommended that the Clark case be reopened.
AGT: What?! He told you that?
RC: No, he told Peter.
AGT: And you know that how?
RC: One of the other investigators learned that from Montague.
AGT: That Reichert was pushing for the case to be reopened.
RC: Yes. Reichert said Campbell would be pleased to see that happen. I was working on another file with that member and PEter was confiding in him.
AGT: Okay, now by Campbell…you mean Gordon Campbell?
RC: Yes.
AGT: Okay, so they applied some gentle elbows to their friend, then what?
RC: The file was reopened, and Montague drove the thing like nothing I’d ever seen. We knew nothing would stick in court. But it was definitely Peter that did it, and I know Kelly Reichert was pleased. Obviously, same goes for Gordon Campbell, who became premier after the NDP were wiped out.
AGT: Right, okay, one thing that I find odd, how did Reichert and Montague know each other? This seems an odd pairing to me.
RC: Reichert was the Secretary of something called the ‘White Rock Power Squadron’. Have you ever heard of it?
AGT: Frankly? No, I haven’t. Do they fly model planes? What the hell is that?
RC: It’s a boating association in White Rock. They teach safety skills to boaters. They’ve been around for about forty years, I think.
AGT: Okay, and Montague was a boater, too?
RC: Yeah, he had a boat called ‘Goofin’ Off’. I don’t know if he still has it.
AGT: So that’s the connection? Montague’s BC Liberal pals?
RC: Yes, I know this for a fact, he was very careless in pushing this. I’m not alone, there are others that may come out. Maybe even publicly.
AGT: Really? Well, I hope you’ll direct them to me when they’re ready.
RC: You’ll be the first call I make.
AGT: Great. Thanks, I appreciate it.
***END CLIP***
Now, apart from the obvious howls from the BC Liberal lovers, now this: I called Peter Montague at home and left a message. No response. I called Kelly Reichert at home, and left a message. No response. He is back working with the BC Liberals, on contract, til the election. So I called there and left a message. No response (but this is no surprise as the BC Liberals never return my calls).
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Clearly, what we should be more worried about than the ridiculous attacks on the NDP, is that the RCMP in this province has major league issues, that haven;t changed from a decade and a half ago.
Remember, Kelly Reichert’s brother-in-law was the lead investigator in the Basi-Virk matter. Reichert is (sic)one wiretap offering Basi a clear bribe for getting one of Reichert’s clients an ‘in’ to government. When Reichert tells Basi he will get “a tip” Basi says, “that’s okay Senator (Reichert’s nickname), I’d just donate that to the party.”
How safe do you feel now?
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