Why was peoples personal information sold/given to the press?

[ferryman]

Reading the article posted by Carana  ( A pact of silence Sol )  I would say there is no question at all that the Portuguese police were leaking information to Cabrita

Whether it was at Amaral's behest is unproven but certainly possible  ( likely even )

What strikes me about the article is it's remarkable accuracy  ...  now that we have the police files we can see that the details presented  are largely correct and truthful

So the information the police were leaking was factually accurate.

Why was this accurate information leaked  ?   ...  not for money, I think ...  perhaps to counteract the   inaccurate  misinformation being fed to the press from other sources     

Could that be what happened ?

The 'pact of silence' nonsense was simply David Payne saying they couldn't comment on the case because of the Portuguese laws of secrecy.

Nothing else ...

[AnneGuedes]

derailing thread

[DCI]

Since you seem to know what was on Mr Payne's mind, do you think he knew then of the Gaspar doctors ?

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Why was peoples personal information sold/given to the press?

[AnneGuedes]

I erased DCI, erase please in your post.

[Mo Stache]

The egg of course, Faithlilly ! The Columbus's one.

Such eggspert replies just crack me up.

[icabodcrane]

The 'pact of silence' nonsense was simply David Payne saying they couldn't comment on the case because of the Portuguese laws of secrecy.

Nothing else ...

I have doubts about that now.  Cabrita's article really is remarkably accurate in detail, and that leads me to think the contacts made, by Sol,  with the tapas group are equally factual and accurate

Cabrita says that Russell O Brien told them that he did not want to speak to them because he had made a promise to Kate and Gerry who wanted to control all the information coming out  (  not because of judicial secrecy  )

That sounds like a 'pact'  of sorts, to me

[AnneGuedes]

They thought they were lucky "it" didn't happen to them and the least they could do was reserve, discretion. Finally they proved they could be more than acquaintances.

[Mo Stache]

They thought they were lucky "it" didn't happen to them and the least they could do was reserve, discretion. Finally they proved they could be more than acquaintances.

How do you know that is what they thought?

[DCI]

They thought they were lucky "it" didn't happen to them and the least they could do was reserve, discretion. Finally they proved they could be more than acquaintances.

How did they prove they could be more than acquaintances, Anne?. And what is your insinuation behind that comment?.

[AnneGuedes]

How do you know that is what they thought?

Sorry, Moustache, IMHO !

[ferryman]

I have doubts about that now.  Cabrita's article really is remarkably accurate in detail, and that leads me to think the contacts made, by Sol,  with the tapas group are equally factual and accurate

Cabrita says that Russell O Brien told them that he did not want to speak to them because he had made a promise to Kate and Gerry who wanted to control all the information coming out  (  not because of judicial secrecy  )

That sounds like a 'pact'  of sorts, to me

Cabrita says ...

The corroboration of Cabrita's word being what?

[Redblossom]

Pact of silence definitely refers to gerry wanting to control everything that went to the media and NOT being under the law of secrecy, why the need for such control, perhaps a control freak

[ferryman]

Pact of silence definitely refers to gerry wanting to control everything that went to the media and NOT being under the law of secrecy, why the need for such control, perhaps a control freak

What "pact of silence"

[icabodcrane]

Cabrita says ...

The corroboration of Cabrita's word being what?

So much of the detailed information  in Cabrita's article  can now be verified as entirely accurate and truthful, and I see no reason to doubt it's overall credibility

[Redblossom]

What "pact of silence"

The one that was reported about in SOL, besides there was one as evidenced by the tapas's members statements, they  all had to go through Gerry Mccann before speakingto the media