JBS sez:
"Moreover, they have advised that the matter is before the courts, that a publication ban is in effect, and that they do not want anything to be released that could be prejudicial to the court process. Both the TSB's General Counsel and I have been notified that the RCMP Legal Services group believes that release of Air India wreckage photographs could be injurious to the RCMP's work and that, as such, release is exempted under Sec. 16(1) of Canada's Access to Information Act. "
Without passing comment on JBS theories, I would point out that there is one group of people pretty much guaranteed to have access to the photos/video - the Sikhs defence team. Suggest JBS should approach them, offering to explore the defence that the crash was not the result of a bombing at all.
That's his best way to have a chance of a look at the photographs. RCMP may well refuse to release them to anyone else, but they can hardly refuse the defence brief!
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