tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post113295324027806969..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: To Parry The Coming OffensiveDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1133251796731110152005-11-29T16:09:00.000+08:002005-11-29T16:09:00.000+08:00Hi Amadeo. Boy lots has happened. Join us on the T...Hi Amadeo. Boy lots has happened. Join us on the Top Thread. Hope you had a nice time in the mountains...fact I KNOW you had a nice time in the mountainsDeany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1133251344625141102005-11-29T16:02:00.000+08:002005-11-29T16:02:00.000+08:00Sorry for the delay. Had to take a mountain trip,...Sorry for the delay. Had to take a mountain trip, away from the madding crowd.<BR/><BR/>I meant simply that some of the locals got their media exposure, being interviewed by media on what they know about his whereabouts.<BR/><BR/>I understand that while stationed here Garci was quite active in subdivision business.<BR/><BR/>BTW, his house on Phase 2 is along a street named after my father.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1133078045599753742005-11-27T15:54:00.000+08:002005-11-27T15:54:00.000+08:00Thanks for this excellent commentary Ed! Sorry for...Thanks for this excellent commentary Ed! Sorry for the late reply but I just came from the new Ayala development in Morong (in the shadow of Mt. Natib, near the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, $2B and not a single kilowatt! ahh but that is a different crime from a different era, later..) Nice outing this sunday, but to get back to this:<BR/><BR/>(1) IF ISAFP could only be proven to have tapped a single word illegally from a POLITICAL CANDIDATE in 2004, we would not need any enterprising legal researchers at all, for the Law they violated would be easy to identify no? OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE.<BR/><BR/>(2) Your discussion of Bartnicki suggests we need to MINE Bartnicki for further insights into not only this case but the larger concern of mine, which is how we the PEOPLE must, ONCE AND FOR ALL, secure our own democracy by instituting such technical, legal, administrative and CLEVER design into our NEXT ELECTION that we shall not have to rely on a "GOD ON EARTH" to win our freedom at last, but only have to THANK him!<BR/><BR/>Please continue this conversation with me here or for PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENTIAL email lang.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1133020025166870282005-11-26T23:47:00.000+08:002005-11-26T23:47:00.000+08:00DJB,That is an interesting discussion with the you...DJB,<BR/><BR/>That is an interesting discussion with the young lawyer but that is contingent upon what Garci will eventually confessed or admit to, if he is given the privilege (not right) by his handlers<BR/>to do so. <BR/><BR/>But here is what we know so far, his wife has practically admitted that it was Garci's voice when she complained that the tapes do not show the whole slew of conversations between Garci and the politicians. <BR/><BR/>I do not know if the criminal courts will appreciate the wife's statement as a violation of the evidentiary rules of privileged communication. Someone in the government might consider the interview of Mrs. Garci with Ricky Carandang as privileged since a wife cannot testify against her husband in a criminal case and therefore, not admissible in evidence. What I am quite certain is that if a criminal case is filed against Garci, his defenders will exclude the wife from testifying.<BR/><BR/>Bartnicki is interesting on several fronts: one, that you have mentioned earlier, that the right of the people to information especially on matters of public interest trumps inadmissibility of the tapped conversations.<BR/><BR/>Two, while it may be admissible as evidence, it does not deny the right of the persons tapped to sue for damages. And this will assume our Anti-Wiretapping Act covers cell phone wireless conversations.<BR/><BR/>Three,the case of Bartnicki never identified who the tappers were, only those who played the conversation over the airwaves. This makes for interesting parallels with the decision of Congressmen Remulla and Locsin to play the tapes<BR/><BR/>There is a threat now by Garci to sue the solons who played the tapes. But that would raise a novel question as to whether cell phone conversation are covered by our outmoded law on Wiretapping. Bartnicki detailed the history of wiretapping laws in the US and precisely enacted a law to cover the tapping of cell phone and/or wireless telephone conversations. Our laws and jurisprudence do not cover wireless and cellphone conversations and while we may seem to be splitting hairs, the distinction is and will be quite relevant.<BR/><BR/>Now, you are concerned that the military intelligence that prostituted themselves to do this perfidious act would go scot free if tapping of cellphone conversations are deemed not covered by the Wiretapping Act. That may not be so. I am sure there are enterprising legal researchers in the fractured opposition that can invoke some arcane law or military regulation to hold Danga and his men or their civilian patrons responsible for parlaying their sacred duty to defend the State into one of selling their services to the highest bidder.<BR/><BR/>There is still a God on earth who will not take to cheating, lying and stealing lightly or sitting down. And that is our greatest consolation.Edwin Lacierdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498998943215285752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1132999122124438772005-11-26T17:58:00.000+08:002005-11-26T17:58:00.000+08:00A comment posted at MLQ3's site today: "Had breakf...A comment posted at MLQ3's site today: "Had breakfast with an interesting young lawyer we’ve been discussing at length recently. He thinks the objective of the suit at the Supreme Court is not just to shut everybody up and let Garci have a nice XMAS, but to destroy the basis for NEXT YEAR’s impeachment. I agreed and it is exactly what I was afraid of would become possible for the Palace to do because of the Opposition’s recent loss of credibility with the public due to that (*#%$#) People’s Court. There is also an interesting angle I didn’t see. Apparently the next to the next Ombudsman will be…HILARIO DAVIDE! Why? He also need immunity from certain suits pertinent to 2001 Edsa II. But it seems he cannot have unless he performs ONE LAST SERVICE–to dig the grave of IMPEACH-GLORIA-DOS."Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1132993336101210872005-11-26T16:22:00.000+08:002005-11-26T16:22:00.000+08:00Wow Amadeo, really! Hey tell us more about that. w...Wow Amadeo, really! Hey tell us more about that. what do you mean by "exposure"?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1132992976381034312005-11-26T16:16:00.000+08:002005-11-26T16:16:00.000+08:00If anything, this Garci Tape case has landed our u...If anything, this Garci Tape case has landed our usually sleepy, politically at least, town in the limelight.<BR/><BR/>Since one of his houses is in the subdivision where we also stay, some of our local residents have also gotten some exposure.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1132984857846963182005-11-26T14:00:00.000+08:002005-11-26T14:00:00.000+08:00Right you are on obstruction of justice. Unfortuna...Right you are on obstruction of justice. Unfortunately the case that Garci has just filed, which will probably be granted by the Supreme Court seeks to nullify the reading of the Garci tapes in open session of Congress. If that happens, the Garci tapes will also be inadmissible in the Impeachment Case next year. You see the Palace thinks a lot further ahead than the Opposition. The reason they can do this now? Well there was this matter of a People's Court that...well you get the pic.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1132967463913849822005-11-26T09:11:00.000+08:002005-11-26T09:11:00.000+08:00A WARM WELCOME TRAVELER!It's warm in the Archipela...A WARM WELCOME TRAVELER!<BR/>It's warm in the Archipelago today, though as you can see something HOT is brewing over at the Supreme Court...Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.com