MetroMan
Senior Member
Things I learned today:
- Anthony Smith was a revenge killing, not associated with the video, though the same actors are involved which has led to justified speculation.
- Most of the TPS, including the Chief of Police were kept in the dark about Brazen 2 -- only briefed at key checkpoints. Giroux's team have had unusual autonomy to minimize conflict of interest. This is the mechanism by which the TPS avoided having the OPP take over.
- Brazen 2 is about to wrap up. The TPS source is growing skeptical that Ford will be charged since he hasn't been yet but agrees that police didn't bust him when they had the opportunity because they're on to something bigger. The source allows for the possibility that they're waiting on a key piece of evidence. If that doesn't pan out, the source agrees that the optics are going to be terrible and the operation will have been a failure given the minor charges laid via a vis the resources expended and the inevitable public opinion hit.
- Charges against Ford rely heavily on Lisi's case going to trial. The source believes that Lisi will take a plea bargain or plead guilty outright to avoid a trial. The source doesn't have insight into Lisi's council but like me understands that he can't afford the legal team defending him and so isn't the one calling the shots on his own defence.
- Rob Ford is Buster Keaton
[video=youtube_share;zsyRhRR5Iu4]http://youtu.be/zsyRhRR5Iu4[/video]
Smith and co. staged a theft of guns from the perps.
Yep:
This TPS source has been solid. It puts everything else they've told me into perspective.