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Someone emailed me last night, one of many telling me to keep my spirits up, and he hit me with an idea that actually sounded pretty good.  It’ll enable me to release every single document and email I’ve obtained in print form, completely bypassing the media who may filter the contents or outright distort it in their political or corporate interests.  Honestly, I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before.  (Props to the guy who emailed me.)

I’m going to self-publish everything in book form.  (Unless any publishers/agents would like to take on this project with me, then by all means send an email.)  The majority of the content is already done - it’s a matter of putting the documents and emails into the book as they exist right now.  The documents just need the appropriate context and explanation into the narrative of the scandal.  Considering the vast amount of notes I’ve taken, this shouldn’t be a problem.  Then I can release this book, and everyone can make their own judgements considering the evidence.

A pre-thank you to Jesse Hirsh, to told me to keep diligent notes to help create the story’s narrative.

I can write pretty quickly, and I have some upcoming down time to get this project done.  The majority of the work will be getting some permissions to publish certain conversations and documents.  Otherwise, this could take only a few days to a few short weeks.

I’m getting started on this today.  I feel this is a solid compromise between those who want to have access to everything and read it for themselves, and for there to be a coherent narrative, along with the required research to make sure everything is entirely accurate.

Edited and excerpted from an earlier post of mine…

Finally I decided to start releasing some political emails, and I got my ass handed to me because someone thought they were fakes.  I released a few more, but that still didn’t fix things.  I spoke with a reporter about my concerns about my stories and reporting being used without credit, and her response was for me to get over it/tough shit — I guess the Ottawa political reporters stick together no matter what.  I’ve spent thousands of dollars of my own money for this research, only to have it used elsewhere without payment, credit, or acknowledgement.  I found out all the information first, weeks before anyone else.  I worked endless days and nights.  And now I know not only the election results, but I know who organized and who paid for the voter suppression, misdirection, and harassment.  I knew the identity of the non-story of Pierre Poutine (despite some claims to the contrary), which I wasn’t given due credit for after I revealed it to the media.  Now all the reporters want the emails between the financiers of the election fraud, and those in the government who were involved.  I can only assume if I turned them over, they’d claim it as their own and I would be unpaid, unappreciated, and purposely forgotten.  I’m the only person to have them in my possession short of the Conservative Party opening up their entire document and email database with total transparency.  And you know what?  With the way I’ve been treated, as the sole source, I don’t think I want to give the media any of it.  I could hand over documentation showing how a few prominent Ottawa journalists burned their confidential sources and caused legal problems for those who gave them information in the public interest.  (Those emails are just sitting on my hard drive ready to be published.)  There’s also hard proof that other national reporters sat on or killed important stories and scandals to curry favour with the Harper Government.  That’s exactly how betrayed I feel after making a deal for handing over my research and collaborating in the process, and then being burned myself.

Maybe I’m wrong and those certain actors will own up and give credit where it’s due.

But the way things have gone for me after acting in good faith and abiding by the deals I made, I don’t know why I would just give away my hard work.  I’m a researcher, I’m good at what I do, and I’m not going to be anyone’s cheated whore.

Senator Doug Finley orchestrated it, in 2011, 2008, 2006, as well as in certain by-elections (cough*Vaughan*cough).  It’s hard to refute emails from his @conservative.ca account to the (two) main companies behind the robocalling and voter suppression, discussing strategy and payment.

Background: Senator Finley is PM Harper’s #2 man in government and also ran his 2006 and 2008 federal election campaigns.  He also supports the separatist Scottish National Party (the irony, when compared to Quebec separatists) and was responsible for the in-and-out scandal, in which the Tories repeatedly violated Elections Canada campaign finance and expenses rules.

Literally the least surprising development ever.  This isn’t a witch hunt.  No no no no no no no — it’s a thief hunt.

Sorry about being incommunicado the past few weeks.  Some things came up and I wasn’t able to speak publicly or be involved in any internet stuff until it was cleared up.  So I’ll be getting back to it gradually over the next several days and weeks.

But, I’m feeling okay, and most importantly, I’m heading up to DC/Northern Virginia in two weeks for my new job, which I’m stoked about.  More on that later.  More on everything later.

xoxo