Jonn Lilyea
Interpol validates Reyes’ computer content
Posted by Jonn Lilyea on May 17, 2008
As expected, Interpol has validated the files found on Raul Reyes’ laptops (El Universal);
“We are absolutely certain that the computer exhibits that our experts examined came from a FARC terrorist camp. Mr. (Raúl) Reyes is now dead. But they were definitely his computers, his disks, his hardware (…) No one can ever question whether or not the Colombian government tampered with the seized FARC computers (and they) came from a FARC terrorist camp” - Interpol’s secretary general, Ronald K. Noble
Of course, Ecuador’s Correa denies the authenticity;
In Paris, the last stop of a three-European-country tour, Correa doubted about the authenticity of such computers. He even suggested that Colombians should have placed the computers in the spot right after the attack on March 1 on a rebel camp in Ecuador.
But Interpol stands by their 4000 hours of verification;
The 39-page report puts increasing pressure on the Venezuelan government as it should explain about the files which show its close links with FARC.
The Interpol’s secretary general explained that 983 files were decrypted. For this procedure, the three computers remained turned on around the clock for two weeks. The teams worked 4,000 hours on the report.
“No one can ever question whether or not the Colombian government tampered with the seized FARC computers” and they “came from a FARC terrorist camp,” Noble explained.
So who is the OAS and the UN going to hold responsible for Ecuador’s and Venezuela’s support of narco-terrorist thugs?
June 14, 2008 at 10:34 am
Did you actually read the INTERPOL report?
“Between March 1, 2008 and March 10, 2008 at 11:45 a.m., when this evidence was turned over to the computer crimes division of DIJIN, access to the contents of this evidence was not in conformity with internationally recognized principles for the treatment of electronic evidence by law enforcement agencies.”
The Colombians buggered the chain of custody, so that while accusations of tampering cannot be supported, they cannot be ruled out, either. The Colombian supreme court is considering bringing in other experts (Scotland Yard, possibly) to sort the mess out. Interpol’s report concludes with the recommendation that the Colombians get training in how to handle electronic evidence so as not to trample all through the crime scene the way they did here.
It’s sort of like the OJ trial: The Colombians are Mark Fuhrman, driving around with the blood evidence in his trunk. That evidence might still have been perfectly good, but the procedural foul-up led jurors to what they thought were reasonable doubt.
June 15, 2008 at 9:53 am
Did you actually read Interpol’s press release on Friday?
If you’re going to parrot the Venezuelanalysis clowns, you’re going to find the going rough in life.