Monday 8 February 2010

Semantics Are One Thing. Refusing a Reconstruction is Quite Another



Wednesday the 10th
by John Blacksmith

......On the other side lies the fact that the report explicitly refuses to “clear” them. In a long section on the vexed question of the inconsistencies in the Tapas 9’s version of events, and the need for a reconstruction of their movements to clarify them, it says quite clearly that after all nine were requested to attend,

“nevertheless, despite national authorities taking all measures to render their trip to Portugal viable and after the many doubts that they raised about the necessity and opportunity of their trip were clarified several times, they chose not to attend, for unknown motives, which rendered the [attempted reconstruction ] impractical.”

“We believe,” adds the report, “that the main damage was caused to the McCann arguidos, who lost the possibility to prove what they have protested since they were made arguidos: their innocence regarding the fateful event. more Blacksmith Bureau