BU and a few others continue to inquiry how the surveillance equipment used during CWC2007 is currently being used or was used by the authorities. The late Inspector Anderson Bowen boldly accused former Commissioner Darwin Dottin of wiretapping the phones of colleagues and prominent Barbadians which led to his suspension for several years from the police force – see Nation Newspaper article Phone Bug? Mention was made about wiretapping in the leaked Police Service Commission Report used to retire Dottin. Although Bowen is dead and former Commissioner Dottin was dottined, in the rich tradition of coverup in Barbados what happened will likely remain a closed subject until thine kingdom come.
Barbadians seem to labour under the mistaken belief our authorities have been washed in the blood of the lamb and therefore can do no wrong. Everyday in the news from around the world we hear of public officials, including politicians, having to resign or answer charges in the courts, not in Barbados. Based on what has been made public and other information available BU is convinced illegal wiretapping occured in Barbados. We need citizens with the cajones to step forward to nail the bastards who have betrayed the people’s trust. Traditional media is not setup to deliver on this matter.
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) going back to 2008 accused the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of all manner of corruption but have been unable to prove a single case. We were deceived or the DLP government has decided like governments before it to be complicit in how dark issues should be hidden from the electorate. It is left to ordinary citizens to robustly exercise rights which our democracy affords. We hope to avoid the BUP Uprising and the cracking of heads.
To the party faithful who believe a group of men related by blood, attended the same schools and universities living on an island 166 square miles are markedly different by ideology, we say ignorance has no bounds. To those who believe governments (Big Brother) are to be trusted without question, here is suggested reading.
The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation on the island nation of the Bahamas – full article
If it is happening in The Bahamas it maybe happening in Barbados. By the way, was there an outcome to the issue which cropped up during the Alexander School Commission where messages were lodged mysteriously in cellphones of Jeff Broome and Hal Gollop?
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