Does it enter anyones head that all the McCanns ever wanted from him (Amaral), was for him to stop claiming that their child was dead.
He gave up the search for Madeleine due to his "Theory" (ask Paiva if you don't believe me). The McCanns have not And never will give up their search.
You are not privy to all that Amaral knows. Did you ever consider that? There are things that are known that cannot be used in a court of law due to daft Portuguese evidence-gathering loopholes. I can't evidence it due to my source, but I trust them implicitly and they are in a position to know. This is *probably* why Amaral has said about the McCanns... "they know I know..."
So just hypothetically lets say that there's an investigation going on in Botswana, for example. The Botswanan nvestigating team, say, intercept a phone call or two that kind of gives away the game a little on the investigation they're working on. Due to the fact that they failed to ask in advance and fill out the correct forms for monitoring phone calls, it's not possible for them to use the evidence they've gathered in court. Hmm. So what do they do? They call in the suspects and lean on them. They lean HARD. Some of the suspects get very upset and cry because they're terrified that their clever ruse has been uncovered and they're for it, big style. Some of the suspects even say they can't go on, it's over, they're finished. Fortunately for the suspects and unfortunately for the police, the suspects are made of stern stuff and gather themselves and form, shall we say, a pact of silence. They may even say that the police have got nothing on them as long as they stick together and say nothing. They also have powerful and influential lawyers and are able to avoid further investigation.
What can the Botswanan police do? Well one thing they may do is pretty much call off the whole investigation, say they can't establish what happened, but also indicate that they know damn well what happened and they're not looking for anyone else.
I know that some of you will not have a clue what that's all about. That's ok, it's all a complete fabrication, of course.
