ZGram - 5/1/2004 - "Report about the Zundel Hearings: Day II"

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May 1, 2004

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

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:

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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!

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