Gomery Inquiry -- Information and Link -- no to "a paper trail" -- Frank J. Gaffney: "A naked energy gap"

Don't forget:

CPAC: Gomery Inquiry continues in Montreal -- check this for links to the inquiry online.

Gomery grants partial publication ban Tu Thanh Ha and Allison Dunfield, Mar. 29, 05

"A publication ban is needed, as a precaution," the judge said in his decision Tuesday

He said it was unprecedented that an inquiry would be sitting so close to a related criminal trial, even though the specific contracts for which the three are charged will not be debated at the inquiry.

Judge Gomery turned down, however, their request to also have a publication ban on the evidence presented by people other than Mr. Brault, Mr. Coffin and Mr. Guité. [. . . . ]

Gagliano wanted no paper trail, Gomery hears -- Civil servant says former minister wanted no information on files about event in Italy, Tu Thanh Ha reports March 29, 2005, Globe and Mail Update

Montreal — Civil servant Huguette Tremblay testified at the Gomery inquiry Tuesday that she was ordered by those in charge of the sponsorship program not to leave a paper trail for an event.

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Read the article to find out more and how Ottawa's Winterlude fits in.

There is mention of Jean Chretien, Alphonso Gagliano, Gilles-André Gosselin and others.

My word, this is sleazy. I hate the publication ban but sensible others tell me it is necessary.





Freedom in Security -- A naked energy gap. Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. March 29, 2005

— Frank J. Gaffney Jr. is president of the Center for Security Policy and a contributing editor to NRO.

The explosion of a BP oil refinery not far from Houston last week left at least 15 dead and over 100 wounded. It also served as the latest, vivid reminder of a truth we have for too long chosen to ignore: This nation is dangerously vulnerable to severe economic dislocation and possibly dire national-security threats as a result of its excessive reliance on imported oil and the infrastructure that transforms most of that oil into fuel for our transportation sector. [. . . . ]