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Why Appoint an RUC \u2013 PSNI \u2013 MI5 \u2013 MI6 Garda Commissioner in\u00a0Ireland?<\/h1>\n
\"\"Posted by\u00a0Fred Bassett<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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The people of Ireland talk in pubs and houses across the country every day of the week.\u00a0 The topic in the last few months is getting more momentum but also more importantly it is getting to be more like deep concern.\u00a0 The Irish people are not fools; the Brits for years had to learn this the hard way.\u00a0 Now we have a situation where it is not going too far to say \u2026 Has Varadkar and the Clown that run the country right now put the same country into a state of a canoe trying to survive in dangerous waters (rapids) without a paddle.<\/p>\n

Drew Harris (RUC) Deputy Chief Constable, now called the PSNI, is to be appointed Garda Commissioner in Ireland in September.\u00a0 The silence in Dail Eireann and the Seanad not alone is deafening but causes deep concern.\u00a0 To be more blunt, it is a major Cock-Up.\u00a0 If ever this country needed a change of leadership in an Garda Siochana it is now in the year 2018, after all the scandals.\u00a0 The biggest scandal now could be the appointment of Drew Harris and his baggage of RUC legacy and other hidden secrets yet to be revealed.\u00a0 Donegal Co. Council sometime ago passed a motion opposing the appointment of Drew Harris and believe me they had some evidence to support the same motion.\u00a0 During the Troubles, a Loyalist Gang of Thugs, murdered over 50 innocent Catholics in the Armagh and Tyrone regions of Ulster.\u00a0 These Loyalist Thugs were given cover by the RUC at night and as the old saying goes during those Black years, RUC by day, Balaclava and Loyalist murderers by night.\u00a0 This has been proven beyond any doubt through the dark history of the Troubles.\u00a0 I want to go a stage further:\u00a0 the IRA have their Dark history also that we cannot forget.<\/p>\n\"psni-flaming-car.jpg\"\n

Drew Harris joined the RUC in 1983 and he moved up the ranks to Deputy Chief Constable of the PSNI in the last five years.\u00a0 His father was murdered by the IRA and this must have placed a condition in his attitude towards Republicans and the Irish in general.\u00a0 Out in the general arena at the moment, the talk and the concern in relation to Harris is \u2026 His Allegiance is first and foremost with London (Official Secret\u2019s Act) and the Irish Government seem to have walked into this appointment \u201cblindfolded\u201d.\u00a0 Harris has a history of secrecy and dark shadows around him.\u00a0 His links with MI5 and MI6 are well documented.\u00a0 Here is an extract from that Council Meeting and reading it you will see the concerns that people have; not just our ordinary citizens but people in public life.<\/p>\n

Mac\u00a0Giolla\u00a0Easbuig\u00a0said he plans to hold public meetings to speak against the appointment in Dublin, Monaghan and Donegal.<\/em><\/p>\n

The councillor explained that his reservations are based on Justice Treacy\u2019s judgement last year and Harris having worked with MI5 as part of his previous role.<\/em><\/p>\n

The council will now write to the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, to register its concerns about Harris\u2019s appointment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Harris has 35 years experience in policing. He is a former RUC officer and received an OBE in 2010. Before being appointed deputy chief constable of the PSNI in 2014 he was head of the department that targeted dissident republican activity.<\/em><\/p>\n

He was also the officer in charge of the investigation that saw Gerry Adams arrested in 2014. The former Sinn F\u00e9in president\u00a0was arrested by detectives investigating the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. He was released without charge.<\/em><\/p>\n

TheJournal.ie has contacted the Department of Justice about the motion but it has yet to receive a response. A spokesman for the garda\u00ed said it does not comment on third party statements.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"garda-clamp-screen-crop-more.jpg\"\n

It is hard to comprehend why the Government appointed Harris but he must be feeling the heat also.\u00a0 Now we have Brexit and this puts a whole different new ball game on the table.\u00a0 I today am not accusing Mr Harris of any wrongdoing but what I am doing is trying to understand why an Irish Government would employ a former Spook and RUC officer to hold the highest rank in the Republic of Ireland\u2019s Police Force, which means he will have access to the most sensitive records that protects the security of this small country.\u00a0 Speaking to one senior journalist today, she also raised many questions.\u00a0 Harris cannot be independent and this is a pure fact and his allegiance, not matter what contract he signs with Varadkar and the Clowns, will be with his cohorts in Belfast and London.\u00a0 September is slowly coming upon us; also the most senior Gardai in HQ are not happy with the appointment of Harris so before he even starts Ireland has many problems.\u00a0 We shall wait and see and gather our own information and write on this again over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Addendum 1st September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northernirelandnews\/2018\/08\/31\/news\/men-held-on-suspicion-of-stealing-loughinisland-documents-from-police-ombudsman-s-office-1421458\/?param=ds441rif44T<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey yesterday morning had their offices raided and they were both arrested by the PSNI, Northern of Ireland, run by the British Establishment.\u00a0 They had just completed a documentary with Alex Gibney some time back called \u201cNo Stone Unturned\u201d into the shooting dead of 6 innocent Catholics in Loughinisland.\u00a0 The dogs in the street know on that night that 6 innocent people were shot in cold blood by a Loyalist gang which had the clinical backup of the British \u201cshadowy\u201d Forces.\u00a0 Collusion between Loyalists, UVF, RUC and British Intelligence all worked with efficiency in the night in question.\u00a0 Why arrest the 2 journalists now?\u00a0 Why is there now this threat against Free Speech and the people knowing the Truth?\u00a0 Something is rotten to the core here.\u00a0 Drew Harris would have been involved in this investigation all those years ago of the slaughter of these 6 innocent Catholics.<\/p>\n

The same Drew Harris, at Midnight, on Monday night coming, will take off his RUC uniform and be installed as Garda Commissioner of the Republic of Ireland.\u00a0 Maybe people in the Republic do not have the balls to say this \u2013\u00a0Worry and Worry a lot.<\/strong>\u00a0 Charlie Flanagan came out today and stated that Drew Harris was a complete Irish man.\u00a0 Why would Flanagan say this?\u00a0 Does Harris have a personal identity crisis?\u00a0 and the same goes for Flanagan?\u00a0 When police in any country arrest journalists, they are technically attacking the core of the democratic right (4th pillar) of Free Speech and allowing the Truth to be told to the people they represent.\u00a0 This is a chilling development even for the RUC and the British who are behind these arrests.\u00a0 The Republic now should be very aware that Drew Harris, it is rumoured, is also coming down with a number of his cronies who will literally take over Garda HQ.\u00a0 Journalists in the Republic should think long and hard from next Monday and protect their sources.<\/p>\n

Gardai in the Republic have been making handy cash for years by giving certain journalists information about various crimes and sometimes this is very sensitive information to the same journalists, who we all know very well.\u00a0 Peter Pan is one and Debbie is the other and I tonight can clearly state that they should worry when Drew Harris takes office at midnight on Monday September 4th.\u00a0 I personally back the National Union of Journalists and like many others see these arrests as a most serious threat to democracy but there are a small number of journalists down here who play both sides of the coin and this is unacceptable to democracy also.\u00a0 One journalist in particular is called Detective Inspector \u2013 it may be a joke among their own, but Peter Pan is a threat to the people because he covers up what rogue Gardai have been engaged in for years.<\/p>\n

Drew Harris we know will be Commissioner Drew Harris when he attends work on Tuesday 5th September 2018.\u00a0 We have a right to know what is his position as he is bound by the Official Secrets Act in the UK.\u00a0 I ask the question tonight, it has been asked over and over again, over the years, about the murder of the innocent Sinn Fein man, Eddie Fullerton, and the collusion between British agents and Loyalists gangs who were free to come across the border into the Republic and receive a safe passage back to their holes of safety in the North of Ireland.\u00a0 It is embarrassing to say that our Government of clowns down here, especially Flanagan in Justice, never queried the role Drew Harris played in the investigation in the murder of Eddie Fullerton.\u00a0 Harris has baggage and he is taking down that same baggage with him to Dublin on Monday night.\u00a0 Winter is coming and dark clouds are gathering not just over the skies of this Republic.<\/p>\n

Reuters report on this:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-britain-nireland-arrests\/journalists-arrested-over-documents-used-in-northern-ireland-documentary-idUSKCN1LG1OP<\/a><\/p>\n

To be continued:<\/p>\n

Fred<\/p>\n

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Addendum:\u00a0 3rd September 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlie the Clown Flanagan came out over the weekend with another outlandish statement which contained gross insults to Russia, the Russian Ambassador in Ireland and not forgetting North Korea.<\/p>\n

Flanagan stated that Drew Harris is the complete Irish \u201cPaddy\u201d; he is not from North Korea or Russia \u2013 so you have nothing to worry about!.\u00a0 I will get back to the RUC and Harris in a moment but first I ask why would Flanagan, the Clown, make a statement like this which is on today\u2019s Fine Gael (sorry I meant) the Independent.\u00a0 Flanagan has again put his two feet in his own mouth.\u00a0 Why would you insult the Russian Ambassador to Ireland?\u00a0 I was reading on tweet this morning where a Russian student studying at UCD was horrified at Flanagan\u2019s statement in relation to his country, Russia.\u00a0 He went on to say that Russia had held a fabulous World Cup; that Russia had no ugly rioting or for that matter anti-social behaviour.\u00a0 He then went on to say that the Russian Police Force behaviour was impeccable.\u00a0 He further stated that the corruption in Ireland, among some politicians and the Gardai, would make the KGB look like choir boys.\u00a0 This student made a very valid point ie Why did Flanagan point out his country and Police Force?\u00a0 I again re-iterate Why?<\/p>\n

Drew Harris is completely the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong place wearing the wrong uniform and changing Oaths of Allegiances.\u00a0 The Clown Flanagan stated there was no conflict of interest.\u00a0 Of course there is.\u00a0 Harris signed the UK Official Secrets Act with London; he also has strong connections with MI5 and MI6 ongoing.\u00a0 The people of Ireland have a right to ask the hard questions.\u00a0 Now, Harris is installed as Garda Commissioner at a very pruned gathering at a City Garda station last night, being sworn in by a Peace Commissioner.\u00a0 Harris will be driven around in a bullet proof car, especially made for his arrival, and hopefully quick departure.\u00a0 Of all the applicants that came forward for the position of Irish Police Commissioner, Walt Disney could not write up this script.\u00a0 The late father of Mr Harris, was murdered by the IRA in 1989 and reading former \u201cStamp Bomber\u201d, Shane O\u2019Doherty, now turned British philosopher, I would like to ask him, why re-write all the wrong-doings of the IRA and make not one mention of the British atrocities during the Troubles?\u00a0 Shane, the Stamp, who now resides in Roscommon is the complete English Gent\u00a0 and maybe a little bit of education at Trinity College Dublin has gone to his head making him feel that his rightful place now is in the House of Lords.\u00a0 Well Shane, it is time you grew up and face facts.\u00a0 Nobody groomed you.\u00a0 You had a choice.\u00a0 You took the path at that time and you got your sentence like many more people who unlike you are not whingeing today.\u00a0 Given that you are now on a history tour, maybe you can tell us about Harris senior and his connection to the murder of those people of the Miami showband?<\/p>\n

You cannot play two roles.\u00a0 Drew Harris is doing this right now wearing the uniform of An Garda Siochana and yet still has the connections that will continue with the agencies of the British Establishment.\u00a0 People in time will make up their own minds.\u00a0 Can you imagine today, Sgt Bog McBride from Belmullet, being installed as head of the PSNI in the North of Ireland?\u00a0 No you cannot and the reason is quite simple, the Brits would not trust a Garda (and possibly rightly so) from the Republic.\u00a0 Yet, the Clown Flanagan has installed a former RUC officer as Garda Commissioner with the responsibility of protecting any threat against the Irish Republic.\u00a0 This is scary territory and the clouds of darkness will hang over this episode in Irish history for a long time and there is a long road to go.\u00a0 Ironically it parallels with Brexit.<\/p>\n

Fred<\/p>\n

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