Comments on: Tortuous Reasoning V http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: rex bellatore http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25512 rex bellatore Mon, 23 May 2005 21:58:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25512 I will add another take to the head-of-the-NCA visits-a-prostitute thing, in a single word. Security. It opens all sorts of blackmail possibilities, and effectively compromises the head of the supreme criminal investigative body in the country. You bet the Attorney-General of the time told him that "he should resign to spend more time with his health". I will add another take to the head-of-the-NCA visits-a-prostitute thing, in a single word. Security. It opens all sorts of blackmail possibilities, and effectively compromises the head of the supreme criminal investigative body in the country. You bet the Attorney-General of the time told him that “he should resign to spend more time with his health”.

]]> By: rex bellatore http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50314 rex bellatore Mon, 23 May 2005 21:58:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50314 I will add another take to the head-of-the-NCA visits-a-prostitute thing, in a single word. Security. It opens all sorts of blackmail possibilities, and effectively compromises the head of the supreme criminal investigative body in the country. You bet the Attorney-General of the time told him that "he should resign to spend more time with his health". I will add another take to the head-of-the-NCA visits-a-prostitute thing, in a single word. Security. It opens all sorts of blackmail possibilities, and effectively compromises the head of the supreme criminal investigative body in the country. You bet the Attorney-General of the time told him that “he should resign to spend more time with his health”.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25511 Kim Mon, 23 May 2005 13:42:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25511 Johnny Cochrane? Johnny Cochrane?

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50313 Kim Mon, 23 May 2005 13:42:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50313 Johnny Cochrane? Johnny Cochrane?

]]> By: liam hogan http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25510 liam hogan Mon, 23 May 2005 13:40:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25510 How about Stuart Littlemore? Or Marsden? Or even everyone's favourite celebrity lawyer, Lionel Murphy? How about Stuart Littlemore? Or Marsden? Or even everyone’s favourite celebrity lawyer, Lionel Murphy?

]]> By: liam hogan http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50312 liam hogan Mon, 23 May 2005 13:40:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50312 How about Stuart Littlemore? Or Marsden? Or even everyone's favourite celebrity lawyer, Lionel Murphy? How about Stuart Littlemore? Or Marsden? Or even everyone’s favourite celebrity lawyer, Lionel Murphy?

]]> By: wbb http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25509 wbb Mon, 23 May 2005 13:36:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25509 While we are into character assasination - he's been described to me by a Melb barrister as the Bar equivalent of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. Would seem to have his eye firmly set on a celeb/media career. I don't know we've had a legal type play this role before. Doesn't seem up to it, judging by his blog. While we are into character assasination – he’s been described to me by a Melb barrister as the Bar equivalent of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.

Would seem to have his eye firmly set on a celeb/media career. I don’t know we’ve had a legal type play this role before. Doesn’t seem up to it, judging by his blog.

]]> By: wbb http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50311 wbb Mon, 23 May 2005 13:36:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50311 While we are into character assasination - he's been described to me by a Melb barrister as the Bar equivalent of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. Would seem to have his eye firmly set on a celeb/media career. I don't know we've had a legal type play this role before. Doesn't seem up to it, judging by his blog. While we are into character assasination – he’s been described to me by a Melb barrister as the Bar equivalent of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.

Would seem to have his eye firmly set on a celeb/media career. I don’t know we’ve had a legal type play this role before. Doesn’t seem up to it, judging by his blog.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25508 Nabakov Mon, 23 May 2005 12:59:08 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-25508 The actual story, which was reported somewhat ellipitically at the time, and was fleshed out in more detail for me by some NCA blokes over few drinks later (John Sylvester also has a great rave about it) was that the Vic wallopers were staking out a North Melbourne brothel for an investigation that had nothing to do with the NCA. They spotted some bloke "behaving suspiciously" in a car out the front and hauled him out. It was Peter F., who had buggerall ID on him but a few hundred bucks in ready cash. After initially trying to stonewall the cops, Pete admitted who he was but then claimed he was like (Eddie Murphy voice) deep deep undercover as part of a supersensitive ultra your eyes only NCA investigation. It only took the cops a couple days (with the help of NCA insiders who did not like the white collar crime direction Pete was taking the Nackers in) to establish his story was complete bullshit. And VicPol, having no love for he NCA whatsoever, made damn sure this ludicrious attempt by Pete to pull rank and pretend he wasn't after a root reached the appropriate ears in Government and the media. So it was then made very clear to Pete at the highest levels that the Federal Government's glamour crimefighting body couldn't afford such a pathetic and farcial screwup at the top level and that he should resign to spend more time with his health. And you'll notice his legal career hasn't exactly been lustrous since either. Especially not with the songs the members of the bar sang about him at the Savage Club. Basically he's still a laughing stock among the Melbourne legal establishment he wanted so to be part of which, perhaps may account for why he's now becoming a grumpy old shock jock. Anyway, doesn't give me much faith in his judgement that crime and security authorities could appropriately and accountably get real medieval on others asses. The actual story, which was reported somewhat ellipitically at the time, and was fleshed out in more detail for me by some NCA blokes over few drinks later (John Sylvester also has a great rave about it) was that the Vic wallopers were staking out a North Melbourne brothel for an investigation that had nothing to do with the NCA.

They spotted some bloke “behaving suspiciously” in a car out the front and hauled him out. It was Peter F., who had buggerall ID on him but a few hundred bucks in ready cash. After initially trying to stonewall the cops, Pete admitted who he was but then claimed he was like (Eddie Murphy voice) deep deep undercover as part of a supersensitive ultra your eyes only NCA investigation.

It only took the cops a couple days (with the help of NCA insiders who did not like the white collar crime direction Pete was taking the Nackers in) to establish his story was complete bullshit. And VicPol, having no love for he NCA whatsoever, made damn sure this ludicrious attempt by Pete to pull rank and pretend he wasn’t after a root reached the appropriate ears in Government and the media.

So it was then made very clear to Pete at the highest levels that the Federal Government’s glamour crimefighting body couldn’t afford such a pathetic and farcial screwup at the top level and that he should resign to spend more time with his health.

And you’ll notice his legal career hasn’t exactly been lustrous since either. Especially not with the songs the members of the bar sang about him at the Savage Club. Basically he’s still a laughing stock among the Melbourne legal establishment he wanted so to be part of which, perhaps may account for why he’s now becoming a grumpy old shock jock.

Anyway, doesn’t give me much faith in his judgement that crime and security authorities could appropriately and accountably get real medieval on others asses.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50310 Nabakov Mon, 23 May 2005 12:59:08 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2005/05/23/tortuous-reasoning-v/#comment-50310 The actual story, which was reported somewhat ellipitically at the time, and was fleshed out in more detail for me by some NCA blokes over few drinks later (John Sylvester also has a great rave about it) was that the Vic wallopers were staking out a North Melbourne brothel for an investigation that had nothing to do with the NCA. They spotted some bloke "behaving suspiciously" in a car out the front and hauled him out. It was Peter F., who had buggerall ID on him but a few hundred bucks in ready cash. After initially trying to stonewall the cops, Pete admitted who he was but then claimed he was like (Eddie Murphy voice) deep deep undercover as part of a supersensitive ultra your eyes only NCA investigation. It only took the cops a couple days (with the help of NCA insiders who did not like the white collar crime direction Pete was taking the Nackers in) to establish his story was complete bullshit. And VicPol, having no love for he NCA whatsoever, made damn sure this ludicrious attempt by Pete to pull rank and pretend he wasn't after a root reached the appropriate ears in Government and the media. So it was then made very clear to Pete at the highest levels that the Federal Government's glamour crimefighting body couldn't afford such a pathetic and farcial screwup at the top level and that he should resign to spend more time with his health. And you'll notice his legal career hasn't exactly been lustrous since either. Especially not with the songs the members of the bar sang about him at the Savage Club. Basically he's still a laughing stock among the Melbourne legal establishment he wanted so to be part of which, perhaps may account for why he's now becoming a grumpy old shock jock. Anyway, doesn't give me much faith in his judgement that crime and security authorities could appropriately and accountably get real medieval on others asses. The actual story, which was reported somewhat ellipitically at the time, and was fleshed out in more detail for me by some NCA blokes over few drinks later (John Sylvester also has a great rave about it) was that the Vic wallopers were staking out a North Melbourne brothel for an investigation that had nothing to do with the NCA.

They spotted some bloke “behaving suspiciously” in a car out the front and hauled him out. It was Peter F., who had buggerall ID on him but a few hundred bucks in ready cash. After initially trying to stonewall the cops, Pete admitted who he was but then claimed he was like (Eddie Murphy voice) deep deep undercover as part of a supersensitive ultra your eyes only NCA investigation.

It only took the cops a couple days (with the help of NCA insiders who did not like the white collar crime direction Pete was taking the Nackers in) to establish his story was complete bullshit. And VicPol, having no love for he NCA whatsoever, made damn sure this ludicrious attempt by Pete to pull rank and pretend he wasn’t after a root reached the appropriate ears in Government and the media.

So it was then made very clear to Pete at the highest levels that the Federal Government’s glamour crimefighting body couldn’t afford such a pathetic and farcial screwup at the top level and that he should resign to spend more time with his health.

And you’ll notice his legal career hasn’t exactly been lustrous since either. Especially not with the songs the members of the bar sang about him at the Savage Club. Basically he’s still a laughing stock among the Melbourne legal establishment he wanted so to be part of which, perhaps may account for why he’s now becoming a grumpy old shock jock.

Anyway, doesn’t give me much faith in his judgement that crime and security authorities could appropriately and accountably get real medieval on others asses.

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