"Canuck57" (dave-no_spam@unixhome.net) writes: > Let him sing first. And let him have his court date for the $300,000 - this > aught to be interesting. Real interesting. > > Or is Harper covering up? > > Mulroney had one thing right, it was about the dough (money): > > "Mulroney claims that this money was paid to him for consulting services he > rendered to help promote a fresh pasta business, and to develop > international contacts for Schreiber." > > Pasta had nothing to do with it unless consumed with the Quebec Mafia. > > Just now, Schreiber is willing to talk. Yea, he is trying to save his ass > but talking. Has a history too of bribing politicians. As he knows in > Germany he isn't going to get away with it like he did in Canada. > > Hey, wonder what the CRA is doing? What are the tax penalties on $300,000 > undeclared income and interest/penalties for 13 years? Bet the CRA is > moving slow if not a all. Why go for big payola when you can squish little > people. CRA should be all over this. If a CBC, CTV or Globe and mail > reporter was worth their salt they would find out. > > Then deport Schreiber, put Mulroney in jail - and also make him repay the > $2.1M Chrétien gave him. I wonder what Mulroney had on Chrétien that made > him cut that hush money cheque. Who knows, maybe if Mulroney talks to save > his ass this could unfold some more... (K): 'Chretien' had little to do with the settlement back in 1997. And it was MULRONEY that said it was the RCMP - not the government - that initiated the investigation into Mulroney's dealings with Shreiber and the Airbus sales. So much for your theory about Chretien and 'hush money'. ___________________________ OTTAWA - Brian Mulroney appears to hope that a public inquiry into his dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber will prove that he's the victim of a political vendetta orchestrated by Jean Chretien's Liberal government. There's only one problem: Mulroney agreed in 1997 that there was no such vendetta. The acknowledgment was part of a $2.1-million libel settlement. Mulroney launched the suit after discovering that a Justice Department letter to Swiss authorities implicated him in a criminal kickback scheme involving Air Canada's purchase of a fleet of Airbus planes. The Chretien government eventually apologized and agreed to pay the former Conservative prime minister's legal costs and other expenses. For his part, Mulroney agreed that there had been no political interference in the case. "The parties accept that the RCMP on its own, initiated the Airbus investigation," the settlement agreement stated. The agreement specified that the justice minister at the time, Allan Rock, "was not involved in the decision to initiate the investigation" and was not aware of the damning letter to Swiss authorities until it was leaked to a Toronto newspaper. And it explicitly stated that the letter, requesting Swiss help in the Airbus investigation and intended to remain confidential, followed the usual procedure - "the same as that followed in numerous previous requests for mutual assistance under both the current and previous administrations." It also stated that both parties "have always acknowledged that the RCMP must continue investigating any allegations of illegality or wrongdoing brought to its attention." Mulroney seems to have forgotten the terms of the settlement. In an interview with CTV two months ago to tout the release of his memoirs, Mulroney said he was the victim of a Liberal smear campaign in the Airbus scandal. "That matter was indeed organized by the government, acting on flimsy and false information," Mulroney said. He added that what happened to him serves as a warning to all Canadians about abuse of the power of the state, which he said constitutes "the greatest threat" to civil liberties. Mulroney now appears set to expand on his political vendetta thesis during the public inquiry into his business dealings with Schreiber - the central figure in the Airbus affair who paid Mulroney $300,000 in cash shortly after he left office in 1993. Mulroney has made it clear that he thinks the inquiry should delve into "the role played by all the people involved, from public servants to elected officials, from lobbyists to police authorities, as well as journalists" dating back to 1988, when Air Canada purchased the Airbus fleet. Those familiar with Mulroney interpret that to mean the former PM intends to drag all those he views as his tormentors through the wringer, including Chretien, his top advisers, Rock and former Liberal solicitor general Herb Gray. "He has this theory that he was politically oppressed by Jean Chretien and oppressed by the media," said Norman Spector, a former Mulroney chief of staff. But Eddie Goldenberg, a former top adviser to Chretien, said he can't imagine how Mulroney intends to implicate the former Liberal government. "In that (1997) settlement, he said very clearly there was no political interference . . . so I can't understand why he's saying today that there was." """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" (K): Well, he's either getting Alzheimer's or he knows his scandal is going to do some very real damage to the Conservatives in power now. And what better way to deflect from his own lies than to threaten to expose every single person in the opposition party - while his own ass is bared. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar. - Abraham Lincoln """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""