Comments on: Belfast Project: Chris Bray On The The Ivor Bell Case

By: Chris Bray

Chris Bray — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 00:26:42 +0000

Meanwhile, there's a new development regarding another set of Belfast Project interviews.

By: Chris Bray

Chris Bray — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:55:39 +0000

In reply to Chris Bray. When we weigh the value of the good effect against the bad one, sorry.

By: Chris Bray

Chris Bray — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:54:52 +0000

In reply to Ted Folkman.

Ted,

First, thanks for giving this post a home.

As to the other part, I would put it this way: The smart decision to secure the investigative assistance of other countries by providing investigative assistance to them whenever they ask sometimes has the unfortunate effect of involving American authorities in the painfully bad decisions of foreign governments and their hapless, politicized police. When we weigh the value of the good effect of the bad one, I’m sure we’ll go on making the same choice with regard to mutual legal assistance. But as much as it benefits us, the costs are pretty clear.

By: Ted Folkman

Ted Folkman — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:50:33 +0000

Thanks, Chris, for this. The most interesting bit to me is the very end, where you suggest that the US authorities were taken for fools. I think the US provides judicial assistance in such cases because it’s obligated to do so and because it expects treaty partners such as the UK to do likewise. That’s not foolish—that’s smart.