Quote:
Originally Posted by Zulu29
This is complete bunk and appears to be dreamt up by author Paul Palango. This is simply wrong, and not a method for police payouts to informants or agents. Full stop.
|
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/...ver-operation/
So three authors of this Macleans article just dreamt something up out of nowhere, got it past their editors, and published an inflammatory piece in the wake of one of the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history? That seems plausible.
Quote:
“There’s no way a civilian can just make an arrangement like that,” he said in an interview.
He added that Wortman’s transaction is consistent with the Mountie’s experience in how the RCMP pays its assets. “I’ve worked a number of CI cases over the years and that’s how things go. All the payments are made in cash. To me that transaction alone proves he has a secret relationship with the force.”
|
Quote:
|
A second Mountie, who does not know the first one but who has also been involved in CI operations, also believes that Wortman’s ability to withdraw a large sum of money from Brink’s is an indication that Wortman had a link with the police. “That’s tradecraft,” the Mountie said, explaining that by going through CIBC Intria, the RCMP could avoid typical banking scrutiny, as there are no holds placed on the money.
|