So let me get this straight, someone is being monitored by authorities and bases on recorded communication is indicted for planning to receive money to kill someone. The investigators arrest them after they get the evidence of intent. Your theory is because the murder never happened the person is innocent?

Its called "*conspiracy to commit..*"

"*I also advise the public that the DOJ defines a government official as any individual currently working for the government, from a member of clerical staff, to a senior politician.*"

True! But the indictment also made reference to a "*high ranking*", meaning not "clerical" staff, and "*politician*", meaning a very specific type of govt official. This narrows at least one of the accusations to a very small group of individuals

The most damning thing about this is the commissioner never thought these bare minimums were necessary before Tuesday last week. Even he must be astounded at the lack of leadership thought.

The rot, not *a few bad apples*, on the force has been clear to everyone except the leadership team who is today surprised that someone launched an independent investigation but did not think it necessary to include persons impossibly blind to the obvious. Personally commented about the need to change the screening of persons joining the force. What he did not mention is that police leadership will no longer be a political tool. As long as that remains everything else he said is vapour. At this point "*words*"

As to abuses, I'm still waiting for the commissioner to address the incident of the woman who was sexually harassed by an ASP, arrested for rejecting his advances
and punched in the eye with sufficient force to detach her retina. He then ordered by his junior staff to take her to a holding cell at *his* station, only God knows what short of .... he planned to do behind closed doors that he needed her totally under his control. The junior officers thankfully did not follow the order which according to the account left the ASP extremely angry. What has happened to that ASP? Is he really someone women of this country need in a position of power? As a potential candidate for promotion to commissioner? These things are obvious.

**The Commissioner talks about the importance of *voices* when battling corruption. The PMs first action, aided by 32 honorable parliamentarians, was to silence everybody, what are we to make of that?**

By means of **illegal** activity. Lest we forget. ~"*As long as we making money does it really matter how we do it*"? Comrade George Smith aka *honourable* Govt minister meeting Ledher at Normans Cay airport

I hear the new talking point is, "*everybody corrupt*". Boy these people have no shame. The answer to corruption everywhere are policies to detect it, discourage it and punish it severely. Like amazingly "*Financial Disclosure*" (all the man ask for is an *adding machine*) and "*Beneficial Ownership Registries*". These people want their acolytes to believe we're powerless against corruption. I wait to see what powerless committees, non transparent recommendations and absolute overrides allowable by a potentially corrupt Minister or cabinet, the new legislation proposes. Because that's what we do we engineer loopholes, as Fred Mitchell himself said derisively, ~"*Minnis cant do anything if someone doesnt declare, Theres no punishment in law*"

Actually "politician". There are a few titles that might wield the power, but I cant think of any position realistically with this kind of power but *a* Prime Minister, because eventually someone will start asking questions, and *investors* want assurances that noone will get in the way, but that's just guessing.

I do wonder if they'll reveal the name, might prove more useful to show the individual the evidence against them and get them to cooperate with various strategies. We've already seen it done in the Gentile case. This is why the lunch money corruption that we've normalized is so damaging, it opens the door to manipulation not only by good forces but bad as well. And when an individual with great power is open to manipulation, imagine what the Colombians could request and threaten to get their way.

This 2.5million dollar plane that they tried to hide in the OPM...

This is why I said:

"*Now we just need some people to not only deny making the promise, but to deny having "any involvement", any secondary role, in a scheme to move narco assets through the Bahamas*"

Because I'm not sold on word parsing. The minute the PM made a distinction between unnamed politician *planning* this massive crime and actually committing the crime, I said that's just a *George Smith flying to Norman's Cay to greet Ledher, what's wrong with how you make your money* step too far

I wonder if US Customs will demand to be involved in airport freight inspections going forward? No, they cant tell us what to do, but they can certainly threaten to eliminate preclearance for example.

"*Several Cabinet ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, Labour Minister Pia Glover Rolle, and National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, have said they are not the politician allegedly involved.*"

So two denials so far of *"making a promise" for use of govt planes and assurance that millions in cash and cocaine could consistently pass through the airport undetected by JDL who handles all airfreight inspection before anybody else*

Deputy PM and Minister of Aviation denies making a promise and Minister of National Security denies making a promise. I'm not sure why Pia Glover Rolle felt she had to declare her innocence, she has no power to order members of the police force to act in a given capacity or authority to commit govt planes.

**Who would have the power?** Certainly the two ministers who've denied making a promise, the PM, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economic Affairs, the Commissioner but he is not a "high ranking politician". Possibly the PMs Chief Advisor. Maybe the FS but he's also not a politician, the language was very specific, they could have said "official" and raked in more people but they said "politician".

**Not implying any of these are the unnamed politician just that their "role" provides the type of power you'd need to make such a promise and be believed. Foreign investors are fully aware of how things operate here and who can do what**. That's why for regular financial investments they associate themselves with people and accounting and legal firms who can give them direct access to the PM. I cant for example see the Minister of Environment making the promise, he doesn't even have power over Environment. Did he even go to COP26?

Did the PM go to the US Embassy meeting alone?

Now we just need some people to not only deny making the promise, but to deny having "***any** involvement*", *any* secondary role, in a scheme to move narco assets through the Bahamas.