No evidence of any crime by the parents and no evidence of an abduction?

[Carew]

If the McCanns are still suspects - would SY be keeping them up to date with proceedings and would they have been introduced to the Oporto team?   Not a chance IMO.

You really have no idea whether or what proceedings SY or any other "team" are keeping the McCanns "up to date" with.............or otherwise.

[icabodcrane]

You do not know what`s going on within the entire investigation........and I bet the McCanns don`t either.

The fact that Scotland Yard dismissed the Jane Tanner sighting whilst the McCanns continue to promote the sighting as significant is a sign that they and Scotland are not  'on the same page'  right now

Like you,  I think it is unlikely that the McCanns are being 'up-dated'  by the Yard in anything other than in the broadest terms  ...  not in a detailed way,  and certainly not on operational matters

[Mr Gray]

You do not know what`s going on within the entire investigation........and I bet the McCanns don`t either.

we have seen pretty well all the evidence..we have seen the climbdown by the Portuguese at the archiving report...we have seen Redwood say they are not suspects....I'm confident the mccanns are not involved...no way

[ferryman]

The fact that Scotland Yard dismissed the Jane Tanner sighting ...

You mean (or you should mean!) that we have seen Jane Tanner vindicated after years of being denigrated and maligned ...

[John]

You mean (or you should mean!) that we have seen Jane Tanner vindicated after years of being denigrated and maligned ...

She claimed to have seen an abductor, she was wrong or at least that's what SY infer.

[icabodcrane]

You mean (or you should mean!) that we have seen Jane Tanner vindicated after years of being denigrated and maligned ...

No 

I mean that Scotland Yard and the McCanns seem to be at odds with regard to the importance of Jane Tanner's sighting

The Yard say he was almost certainly an innocent father returning from the creche with his two year old daughter,  and do not ask the public for any assistance 

The McCanns  say it is not possible to be certain,  and continue to ask the public  for information on the  Tanner sghting

That looks like being on a different page to me

[ferryman]

Jane Tanner was vindicated as an honest witness.

But doesn't appear to have seen Madeleine's abductor.

[pathfinder73]

Jane Tanner was vindicated as an honest witness.

But doesn't appear to have seen Madeleine's abductor.

Well JT is mistaken. It's impossible for her to brush past 2 people on a quiet street in her flip flops lol without being noticed.  Any reconstruction you would see the absurdity of it. It can't be done as she said. Jez said it was impossible for him not to notice her passing.

[Brietta]

No 

I mean that Scotland Yard and the McCanns seem to be at odds with regard to the importance of Jane Tanner's sighting

The Yard say he was almost certainly an innocent father returning from the creche with his two year old daughter,  and do not ask the public for any assistance 

The McCanns  say it is not possible to be certain,  and continue to ask the public  for information on the  Tanner sghting

That looks like being on a different page to me

DCI Redwood said, “We are almost certain that the man seen by Jane Tanner is not Madeleine's abductor.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24528530

I find the use of “almost” to be thought provoking. 
As already stated on numerous occasions DCI Redwood is a man who chooses his words carefully.

[Mr Gray]

No 

I mean that Scotland Yard and the McCanns seem to be at odds with regard to the importance of Jane Tanner's sighting

The Yard say he was almost certainly an innocent father returning from the creche with his two year old daughter,  and do not ask the public for any assistance 

The McCanns  say it is not possible to be certain,  and continue to ask the public  for information on the  Tanner sghting

That looks like being on a different page to me

Doesn't seem a problem to me...when patients have a terminal illness some may explore alternative medicine whilst still carrying on with their normal treatment. Doctors don't mind this...desperate times..desperate measures

[ferryman]

The status of the sightingin terms of its relevance to Madeleine's abduction is a separate issue.

Jane Tanner was/ is vindicated as an honest witness after years of denigration and traducement. 

[icabodcrane]

Doesn't seem a problem to me...when patients have a terminal illness some may explore alternative medicine whilst still carrying on with their normal treatment. Doctors don't mind this...desperate times..desperate measures

Well I think the McCanns asking the public to pass information to Scotland Yard  ...  information which Scotland Yard,  themselves,  did not request  ...  might be seen as interference in the official investigation

More than that,  it gives the impression that the McCanns do not have full confidence in Scotland Yard's ability to run their investigation in the manner they see fit

Shades of McCann V's PJ  in that,  I think

[slartibartfast]

Could it be because memories are notoriously fallible?

This link is very informative on the subject.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8617945.stm

One little quote from it:-
 
In a crime situation memory is influenced by many factors such as stress, the presence of a weapon and even just the desire to help police solve the crime.

"Police know how fallible the memory can be," says Steve Retford, a former head of the investigative skills unit at GMP and now specialist interviewing adviser with the force.

"They also know this is usually not through mischievousness on the part of the witnesses, but through stress and shock."

Take the case of Jean Charles de Menezes, shot at Stockwell Tube station in 2005 by police who mistook him for a suicide bomber. Eyewitnesses said he had vaulted a ticket barrier when running away from the police. In fact it was later shown by CCTV that Mr Menezes had walked through the barriers, having picked up a free newspaper, and only ran when he saw his train arriving.
End quote

You might ask how on earth someone could get that so very wrong - and yet more than one person did.

This is why I think it's wrong to claim that because there are inconsistencies in description/times etc given in statements by 10 different people  (especially at such a stressful time) - it is proof that lies were being told -when quite clearly they are all displaying perfectly normal human behaviour - when it comes to memory recall.

 

So we have to take everything said by the T9 with a very large pinch of salt. Trouble is, where does that leave us?

[Benice]

So we have to take everything said by the T9 with a very large pinch of salt. Trouble is, where does that leave us?

No -  but IMO in order to be fair we do have to accept that inconsistencies in statements do not automatically mean that 'someone is lying' which seems to be a claim being made by some people. 

If their statements all tallied perfectly - then that would be suspicious IMO - as it would suggest collusion.

In the files - inconsistencies appear in statements made by people who were not part of the Tapas 9 - especially when it comes to their recollection of  'times'.   They can't all be right but I don't see any of those people being accused of lying.

[sadie]

So we have to take everything said by the T9 with a very large pinch of salt. Trouble is, where does that leave us?

It is not us that matters Slarti.  'Tis the police, both in PT and in the UK