Kathy
Tomlinson, a CBC producer for the fifth estate, had previously disclosed that RCMP Sgt. Tidsbury had admitted during a
CBC interview that Shannon Murrin was a police informant. She later went on to
say that her bosses would not pursue the story and told me that the admission was
"off the record". After being told that, I
attempted to gather as much information and evidence as I could to at least prove that
this admission did occur and was being covered up.
see- Tomlinson
Paisley
Woodward – A CBC attorney and former associate
of Kathy Tomlinson, was lured to Kelowna to meet with Al, a man acting as
a go between. Al had submitted a story concerning Tony Gallup and Charles
Horvath to a producer for the short lived CBC show “disclosure" and took
(me) his un-named confidential source along with him to the meeting. Woodward
was informed that the CBC had a confession on file concerning Tidsbury and
Murrin and was encouraged to find it as part of the story.
see- disclosure
There
were four recorded interviews made in which Paisley was told the entire
story of Shannon Murrin and his past relationship with Sgt. Tidsbury. At various
junctures along the way, she was questioned about the recorded interview with
Sgt Tidsbury. She did not know that she was being recorded at first. In
the first recording she finds and discloses the the name of the reporter and the
date of the Tidsbury
interview. She claimed that there were no field tapes left and that there are also
no informant laws in Canada that would prevent or prohibit the CBC from airing
this story. I was dismissed as a conspiracy theorist for even suggesting such a
thing.
She
researched and disclosed the reporter's name but claimed that both Tomlinson and the
reporter disputed that Tidsbury had admitted Murrin was an informant. I did not
tell her at the time that I had a recording of Tomlinson admitting the
opposite.
voice recording- Woodward#1
On the second recording she says that the reporter said that Tidsbury had
denied that Murrin was an informant. She claimed that Tomlinson had also said the
same.
recording- Woodward claims Tidsbury denied Murrin was an informant
In the third recording Woodward begins soliciting more details and clearing up
misconceptions about our first oral conversation. She can be heard typing in the
background. She asks if I am recording her and I admit that I am. We discuss
Tomlinson's admission that the Tidsbury interview was "off the
record". After I told her she was being recorded, she
then changed her story and said that Tdsbury did not say one way or the other if
Murrin was an informant but was still adamant that there was no off the record
comment. I told her that I had Tomlinson on tape saying so.
see
woodward aug 1
She was about
to leave on holidays for the next twenty days. I was to contact her
again on Aug/21/02
recording-
It
was left that she was still supposed to
contact Tomlinson at the CBC for confirmation that the admission from Tidsbury
was obtained off the record.. It
was left that I would contact her if and when I could come up with more
information on Elizabeth.
aug
21 2/02
What happened to Elizabeth
matches exactly with what has since been disclosed in media reports on how the RCMP obstructs justice for their agents.
The press has now admitted that they are in fact prohibited from reporting the
identities of RCMP informants and agents.
see- the law
Below
is a copy of the e-mail sent by Woodwardon aug/21/02 titled "test"
