Blatchford: Globe's Best Lawyer vs. Govt

"The second thing is, that if witnesses are called from the federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, or DFAIT as the branch is always called - as could happen, since some of their folks were involved when Abdullah was being held in Pakistan before coming back to Canada - I suggested they be allowed to testify from behind lace hankies or parasols, so as to reflect their greater delicacy and less tolerance for the bad behaviour that CSIS and RCMP types allegedly tolerate more easily." That's Blatchford on Oct 15-16. And that's precisely why the Globe has her reporting on the emails today. The Globe, generally sympathetic to the government, is having an argument with the Cons. The Globe wants all information relative to torture released and the Govt's refusing. So when the Globe obtains redacted copies of Colvin's emails, it gives them to Blatchford to report. The Globe is saying, "Look Govt, there's nothing to be afraid of, even Christie agrees. And we will play fair, we promise. See, we let Christie report this story. C'mon fellas, release the documents, OK?" It's precisely because Christie is on record as in-the-tank for Hillier & all the other bully boys, that she has openly derided DFAIT's concerns about abuse/torture (that is to say, she derided all recognised legal and moral standards for treatment of captives), that she makes sure to absolve the entire Canadian military of any blame in her email article, before all the evidence has been revealed, only intuiting blame for those limp-wristed DFAIT folk, that she was chosen to write this article. She's so biased in favour of Con position, having her write it precludes any Con bias against some lefty conspiracy out to get them. She is, in effect, the Globe's best possible lawyer to plead their case to the government. I hope the Cons indeed listen to her/Globe.