Comments on: Colombia: FARC Laptops Reveal Ties to Politicians and Foreign Governments http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:28:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Gomez http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-1555248 Daniel Gomez Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:10:05 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/#comment-1555248 I agree with what you have to say. It all makes perfect sense. An interested party taking hold of "evidence" cannot be accepted. They could tamper it in any way they would like to. Sadly to say this "evidence" is no evidence at all. I agree with what you have to say. It all makes perfect sense. An interested party taking hold of “evidence” cannot be accepted. They could tamper it in any way they would like to. Sadly to say this “evidence” is no evidence at all.

]]> By: Suma Sine Laude http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-1465983 Suma Sine Laude Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:54:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/#comment-1465983 I already did. And that's why I'm saying it. Maybe you want to share your sources?. The Interpol report admits that it cannot account for two hours of all the time that the Colombian police had the laptop. This is more than enough to switch it, don't you think? In addition, the alleged laptop was obtained through an illegal operation, in which only Colombian officials were present. You're OK with this? Maybe you should consult a lawyer... Since Colombia is one of the interested parties, how could it be allowed to be the custodian of the "evidence"?. Would it make sense to you if you were being accused of something you didn't do? Would any court allow a piece of evidence like that? I DON'T THINK SO. I have the feeling that if it happened the other way around (say a laptop captured by Venezuelans), the dismissals and denials would be all over the place except the headlines. I already did. And that’s why I’m saying it. Maybe you want to share your sources?. The Interpol report admits that it cannot account for two hours of all the time that the Colombian police had the laptop. This is more than enough to switch it, don’t you think?
In addition, the alleged laptop was obtained through an illegal operation, in which only Colombian officials were present. You’re OK with this? Maybe you should consult a lawyer… Since Colombia is one of the interested parties, how could it be allowed to be the custodian of the “evidence”?. Would it make sense to you if you were being accused of something you didn’t do? Would any court allow a piece of evidence like that? I DON’T THINK SO.
I have the feeling that if it happened the other way around (say a laptop captured by Venezuelans), the dismissals and denials would be all over the place except the headlines.

]]> By: Jose Luis Fernandez http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-1465726 Jose Luis Fernandez Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:59:40 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/#comment-1465726 Re the following comment to this post: "Unbelievably enough, no one bothers to mention the all important fact that the chain of custody was lost"... I have read that the opposite is true, that the only information supplied by INTERPOL was that the chain of custody HAD NOT BEEN LOST. Look it up, and see for yourself.... JLF Re the following comment to this post: “Unbelievably enough, no one bothers to mention the all important fact that the chain of custody was lost”…

I have read that the opposite is true, that the only information supplied by INTERPOL was that the chain of custody HAD NOT BEEN LOST. Look it up, and see for yourself….

JLF

]]> By: Suma Sine Laude http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-1462891 Suma Sine Laude Thu, 29 May 2008 04:16:45 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/#comment-1462891 The media can be extremely disingenuous when it suits.. Unbelievably enough, no one bothers to mention the all important fact that the chain of custody was lost. Nor that the alleged "evidence" was obtained in an illegal operation. The chief of Interpol should have known that that kind of "evidence" would not convict anyone of anything in any court of law. But of course, the court of public opinion is a different matter... Whether the files were real is beside the point, it could never be proved that the computer itself came where the Colombian government alleges it came from. No impartial entity witnessed it. The lost links in the chain of custody, the illegality of the "capture", the unlikely fact that the laptop survived the blast, the possibility that the information inside could have come from routine intelligence in the past, the convenience of it all, and the limited credibility of the Colombian government suggest that the allegations against Venezuela are of the same kind of the ones used to justify the invasion of Irak. We all should learn from the past. The media can be extremely disingenuous when it suits..

Unbelievably enough, no one bothers to mention the all important fact that the chain of custody was lost. Nor that the alleged “evidence” was obtained in an illegal operation.
The chief of Interpol should have known that that kind of “evidence” would not convict anyone of anything in any court of law. But of course, the court of public opinion is a different matter…

Whether the files were real is beside the point, it could never be proved that the computer itself came where the Colombian government alleges it came from. No impartial entity witnessed it.

The lost links in the chain of custody, the illegality of the “capture”, the unlikely fact that the laptop survived the blast, the possibility that the information inside could have come from routine intelligence in the past, the convenience of it all, and the limited credibility of the Colombian government suggest that the allegations against Venezuela are of the same kind of the ones used to justify the invasion of Irak. We all should learn from the past.

]]> By: 666 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-1462687 666 Wed, 28 May 2008 21:49:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/28/colombia-farc-laptops-reveal-ties-to-politicians-and-foreign-governments/#comment-1462687 So whos been named and for what then? Is Maoism etc a sane and/or an appropriate response to the beast? (as such). How does this tie into our North West Frontier policy. Whats Chaos poition on this? So whos been named and for what then? Is Maoism etc a sane and/or an appropriate response to the beast? (as such). How does this tie into our North West Frontier policy. Whats Chaos poition on this?

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