David Heath
Monday, 31 August 2009 18:14
Opinion and Analysis
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"The Gmail subpoena applicant, property developer Dr. Cem Kinay, along with his two companies, Turks Ltd, and Star Platinum Island, were mentioned several times during public oral hearings of the Commission of Inquiry and featured significantly in the redacted portions of the Commission's Final Report.
"In particular there are allegations of bribery of public officials (e.g. of the Premier with an irregular payment of $500,000), in the acquisition of public land valued by the government appraiser at approximately $60 - $100 million dollars U.S., for a price of $3.2 million dollars.
"On August 14, the UK announced that it had taken direct rule over the Islands and suspended its parliament."
In an open letter to TCIjournal via the contested
email address, Google outlines the events about to happen and warns the recipients that their IP addresses will be revealed to the plaintiffs unless a motion to quash is filed by September 16th.
This is a characteristic tale of freedom of the press and should attract international attention. Although Google are obliged to obey the law, this is a classic situation where civil plaintiffs are (possibly) legally right and (certainly) morally wrong.