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> Is there any evidence of a coverup? The trial was ~20 years after the wiretaps were collected which leaves plenty of time for incompetence/negligence to do th
by belltaco 3y ago
> Is there any evidence of a coverup? The trial was ~20 years after the wiretaps were collected which leaves plenty of time for incompetence/negligence to do the job.
From https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-india-bombing-timeline-1.6520841 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-india-bo...
> June 2, 2003:
> Opposition MPs call for an inquiry into accusations that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) blocked the RCMP investigation into the bombing.
> According to RCMP documents, CSIS ordered the destruction of hours of wiretaps to conceal the fact that one of its agents, Surjan Singh Gill, had penetrated a circle of Sikh extremists planning the attack. He was ordered to pull out three days before Air India Flight 182 blew up.
> You keep bringing this up, but I don't see how it's relevant considering Hardeep Singh Nijjar was 8 years old at the time of the bombing
The NYTimes considers it relevant enough to mention it in the context https://archive.ph/9re2c https://archive.ph/9re2c
The accused in the bombing was heavily associated with Nijjar later on to the point of them having a dispute and a lawsuit about a commercial printing press used for the separatist movement.