CCC record exposes Roberts-Smith dissembling in Letter to Editor

The truth, half-truths and lies.

In Australian parliaments, members are not allowed to call another member a liar because it is considered unparliamentary. They must use a euphemism such "he told an untruth" or "that is an untruth". A lie is deliberate and told on purpose, whereas a mistake is inadvertent. We all make mistakes occasionally and most people correct the record when they are drawn to their attention.

Describing a person as a liar questions their integrity.

The Desert Rat read with interest Major General "Mallard's Guilty" Roberts-Smith letter to The West Australian (24 February 2009) claiming that the Corruption and Crime Commission:

"has not formed any opinion (finding) about Mr Grill"

Is Roberts-Smith a disingenuous fool and blatant liar who doesn't care about the truth or is he and Mike Children Overboard Silverstone unaware of what the CCC has written about Julian Grill?

The Desert Rat is gob-smacked by this false claim of Roberts-Smith and refers readers to the Corruption and Crime Commission's Media Statement of 9 October 2007 headed: "Evidence of misconduct in Smiths Beach development" where Mike Children Overboard Silverstone the Executive Director of the CCC is quoted, and he says:

"Also, in the Commission's view lobbyist ... Julian Grill .. influenced or attempted to influence public officers to engage in misconduct".

Given the contradiction of Roberts-Smith claim and the CCC media release, Grill protests in a response (Letter to the editor The West Australian 27 February 2009):

"This 'opinion' is hugely detrimental to my reputation. For the CCC to refuse to explain or justify it, on the basis that it is not technically a formal finding of misconduct pursuant to the Act, is disingenuous and very unfair. Mr Roberts-Smith should either properly and legally justify it or have it withdrawn."

The Desert Rat does not expect an apology from Roberts-Smith or for him to justify the original opinion (finding) or for Mike Silverstone to correct it on Roberts-Smith's behalf or to justify the original opinion (finding) on which Silverstone name was quoted. [This was just before he went into hiding.]

The revelation of this written contradiction calls for a response and apology from Roberts-Smith and Silverstone. We will see in their response, if any, whether these officers have integrity. Will there be silence or some dissembling avoidance of this blatant "untruth"?

The Desert Rat has been thinking about making a proposition to those vermin at the CCC ... that if they stop telling lies about Julian Grill, I will stop telling the truth about them.