Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Roberts_Smith: " the Commission takes great care in forming its opinions".

Innocent victims of another CCC hit and run?

The Desert Rat recently read CCC Chairman Major General Len Roberts-Smith’s speech to Edith Cowan University titled “Misconduct – is that all there is?”.

In the speech last October, he outlines all the findings in the Smith’s Beach Inquiry – more being discredited each day as they unravel. Talk about believing your own bullshit.

To quote Major General Len Roberts-Smith:

“Forming and publishing these opinions in a report may affect individuals personally and professionally. It may affect relations between those adversely mentioned and their families, friends and acquaintances. Recommendations may lead to the laying of criminal or disciplinary charges. For these reasons the Commission takes great care in forming opinions as to the occurrence of misconduct.”

Perhaps his next speech should be titled:

“Taking Great Care- what care?”

A military man like CEO Brigadier Silverstone (ret.), Major General Len Roberts-Smith is the Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force.

As a former Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the WA Court of Appeal the Desert Rat would have hoped a more rigorous and thorough approach would have been taken to investigations and reports of the CCC.

Rarely does McGinty get value for money. Please give him an Order of Australia and put him out to pasture.

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