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« on: June 20, 2013, 07:23:45 AM »
‘SIDESHOWS’
Emailgate investigation: DCP Richardson knocks parallel findings; no respect for police

By Renuka Singh
Story Created: Jun 19, 2013 at 10:45 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jun 19, 2013 at 11:42 PM ECT

Lead investigator in the “emailgate” case, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mervyn Richardson yesterday called for an end to what he described as the “sideshows” by various paid computer experts, making pronouncements on the same e-mails he is investigating.

While Richardson said the parallel, privately funded findings were not interfering with his own investi­gation, he said it was “convoluting” the system outside the courts and may be prejudicing the issue in the court of public opinion.

“For the sake of transparency and accountability, those who know better should stop making statements that seem to be seeking to undermine the investigation,” Ri­chardson said in a telephone interview.
Richardson said the investigations were moving at a “satisfactory pace” but could not reveal more because he said “it was sensitive” and “guarded”.
“It is not adding anything to the police investigation,” he said.
Richardson said he would not say whether Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s legal adviser, Israel Khan SC, was right to make public the finding of US computer expert Jon Berryhill, who claimed the e-mail addresses submitted by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley as part of his no-confidence motion in the PM were false.
“But if anyone has information that they believe could assist the investigations, the correct thing would be to give it to the police and we would deal with it,” Richardson said.
“It is not helping if people have all sort of things to say because it may cause more concern.”
He also called for everyone involved to respect the police investiga­ting the matter.
“I am a professional police officer and have been doing this job for 40 years. I wouldn’t want to start responding to all the things being said because I am staying away from the politics of it,” he said.
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan was the first to produce a report on the alleged e-mails that implicated him, the Prime Minister and other high-ranking Government officials in purported criminal plots and the Section 34 fiasco.
By June 8, Ramlogan sent his statement to the investigators but included the findings of two information technology (IT) experts who had already determined the e-mails to be fake.
In that statement, which was made public by the media, both IT professionals noted discrepancies that led them to deem the documents false and tampered with.
On Monday, Khan held a media conference to ventilate the findings of his expert, Berryhill, who made the same determination.
Berryhill, speaking at that news conference, said he examined only the physical documents and not the content before making his pro­nounce­ments.
Richardson said at the end of the day, he was “after the truth”.
“I am asking people to give us the peace and space to continue with this matter.”
Richardson said he was working within a time frame but would not reveal when he expected to conclude investigations.
“It is deep-rooted, with several twists and turns; we can’t just have a speedy conclusion; it cannot be rushed. We have to investigate all areas, all angles,” he said.
He did say he has “initiated the process to engage the Central Authority” and with search engine Google.
“We have written to Google as part of the investigation,” he said, adding there has been no response to date.

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Re: Sideshows
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2013, 08:29:38 AM »
The e-mail services are the ones that can bring an end to this crap, but what is the procedure for getting that kind of information, and if only gov'ts can do it, let them request it...show rowley to be a fool and be done with it........but only throwing "experts" at d issue every week only making dem look like dey have something to hide................
I pity the fool....

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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2013, 08:53:36 AM »
The e-mail services are the ones that can bring an end to this crap, but what is the procedure for getting that kind of information, and if only gov'ts can do it, let them request it...show rowley to be a fool and be done with it........but only throwing "experts" at d issue every week only making dem look like dey have something to hide................
This is precisely it. All of them talking about they would give up their devices when what is in fact required is an investigation of messages sent and received from the IP addresses of the persons involved. TSTT and or Flow have the answers.

I would think it requires a warrant under the Interception of Communications Act.

 

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