Yesterday, when Ernst called to give me an update on the
two-day court hearings, he summarized the gist as follows, quoted from
memory here: "The opposition is extremely nervous and very upset."
And, with a little laugh: "They are one inch away from having their
belly ripped open..." - meaning, of course, not individual orthodox
Holocaust story aficionados, heaven forbid, but the entire corrupt system
that cooperated not only in Ernst's kidnapping last year but for many, many
years before, trying by mayhem and attempted murder to prevent the
forensically exposed Holocaust fraud from reaching the larger masses.
Paul Fromm, who usually reports extensively, was not at this
hearing. The report below was written by one of the audience attendees
rooting for Ernst:
Dear Ingrid,
I wonder if my mentioning of the more relaxed atmosphere
in the courtroom yesterday brought about a quick return to
"normal" procedures today. The other guards were back and Ernst,
once more, had to carry his binders by himself. All around there appeared
to be more tension. It may have been caused by the presence of some big
guns such as Bernie Farber [of the Canadian Jewish Congress] who, however,
left before noon. But three other lawyers were also added to the
proceedings, those being the counsels of Mr. Mitrovica, Mr. Diamant and
Mr. Landy. [Landry?] That resulted in a lack of space which prompted
Marvin Kurz, one of the laywers for the Jewish side, with whom we are
familiar from the Human Rights Tribunal, to sit beside Ernst. Not the best
arrangement to feel relaxed, I thought.
[Ingrid's comment: Ernst told me last night that on the
tip of his tongue was this comment: "You're now in my minefield,
Marvin!" He told me that Marvin was extremely jumpy and nervous. His
legs beneath the desk did a virtual St. Vitus Dance. ]
The session started at 9:30 a.m. and more than half an
hour was used by Peter Lindsay to introduce his new colleagues - they
address each other with "friend". Since the questioning of CSIS
intelligence officer David Stewart was completed the night before, the
counsels had agreed to use this day to defend and challenge the motions
that the defence had tabled regarding subpoenas for a number of witnesses.
Peter Lindsay, in his attempt to get to the real reason
for the Security Certificate [issued against Ernst], stated that it had
not come about through evidence but rather by way of pressure applied by
Jewish groups. He spoke of a vendetta dating back to 1985 and the
cooperation between US and Canadian intelligence in the issuing of this
document. The judge was visibly upset by this allegation and reacted with
admonishments.
[Ingrid's comment here. To my great satisfaction, the
documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests on both sides
of the border proving collusion between Canada and the United States in
the Zundel kidnapping were introduced as evidence. They have yielded some
very telling names and connections. Why do I have the feeling that more
will be introduced yet?]
Peter Lindsay then proceeded to show that representatives
of the Jewish Congress had put pressure on the Minister of Immigration,
Denis Coderre, to issue the Certificate. Proof of this, he said, was an
article in the Toronto Star, early in 2003, in which Mr. Bernie Farber had
said that "Canada should use any means to get Mr. Zundel out of the
country, including the issuing of a Security Certificate".
[Serendipity! As I was opening my mail yesterday, there
was a copy of a nasty letter written by a Gary Lunn, Member of Parliament,
to one of the Zundel supporters, in which Lunn brags about having
practiced censorship: "... in 2000 (sic) I joined all House of
Commons parties in denying Ernst Zundel the right to use the Parliamentary
Press Gallery" and expreessing his dismay that "Mr. was admitted
to Canada in February 2003, even thought Immigration Minister received
advance warning." Now isn't that an amazing statement! In a normal
deportation, a Minister of Immigration would hardly have been bothered to
receive "advance warning"! This bears further exploration as to
who warned Coderre, and why - how else would Coderre have known or cared
that Ernst was going to be kidnapped and extradited? And there was no
collusion?]
A heated argument ensued when the judge rejected the last
part of the quotation as originating with Mr. Farber. He said that
"it was not in the quote. It was only in the editorial of the Toronto
Star". Peter Lindsay then quotes Farber on another point where he
speaks about how to deal with Zundel - in the name of the Jewish Congress:
"What Farber here suggests is exactly what happened. It's not about
national security but about the agenda that's been followed since
1985". Upon this, Judge Blais takes up considerable time to admonish
Lindsay further for "lack of precision".
After the lunch break the battle for the subpoenas got
into full swing and a lengthy discussion regarding procedural matters was
carried on, which prompted the judge to say that "we may be here
again until eight. I won't be popular with you and in the end Mr. Zundel
may be more popular than I - just kidding".
[Ingrid's comment: He already is, Judge Blair! You just
haven't caught up to that yet. By the way, there is an incredibly
interesting anecdote about Peter Lindsey trying to serve a subpoena to
John Farrell and running into some shall-we-say "helpful"
interference to save Farrell from having to come and testify how he was
warned in 1995 by one of his CSIS bosses not to touch the parcel bomb
meant to assassinate Ernst. I don't know if I'm at liberty to tell that
story yet!]
Mr. Lindsay then reveals that in Andrew Mitrovica's book,
"COVERT ENTRY: Spies, Lies and Crimes inside Canada's Secret
Service", on the bottom of page four, CSIS is called "a corrupt
organization". Copies of the book are handed out by Peter Lindsay and
he reads several more passages. The judge also buys a book. After that The
crown's counsel, John MacIntosh, jumps to his feet and calls the book
fiction, "a novel". Because the judge gives support to this
opinion, Peter Lindsay starts talking about the overriding item, the pipe
bomb that was sent to Ernst Zundel from Vancouver with the aim to
assassinate him. Therefore it is important to subpoena Mr. Mitrovica and
Mr. Farrell. "This is very critical with respect to giving Mr. Zundel
a fair trial".
The judge, Mr. Pierre Blais, will come to a decision about
this over the weekend. However, the next witness to appear in this court,
on Tuesday, May 4, at 9:30, will be judge Lauren Marshall, a lawyer who
represented Ernst Zundel in his initial deportation battle in 1985. The
agenda for May 5th has not been agreed upon yet.
That's it for today. All the best to you, Ingrid!
