The Case For The Defence #3: It Would Not Be Possible For Such A Massive Cover-Up To Be Organised

 I cited the example of the Catholic Church paedophile scandal in my blog of February 25th to demonstrate how serious crimes taking place on a global scale could be covered-up for decades.

  I firmly believe that the vast majority of people employed by the police, Crown Office, Social Services, mainstream media etc will be perfectly decent and well-intentioned. However, I also believe that in organisations where there is a culture of secrecy and where the majority of employees will simply follow instructions rather than "rock the boat", then it will be fairly easy for a very small number of people to orchestrate a cover-up. Such people will be extremely well organised and will typically have links to other organisations.

 It must be said that the Scottish criminal justice system does not have a particularly good record for openness and honesty. Three specific examples are the Lockerbie/Megrahi affair, the Shirley McKie case and the Fettesgate scandal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/23/lockerbie-inquiry-justice-megrahi

http://www.shirleymckie.com/facts.htm

http://living.scotsman.com/great-edinburgh-scandals/Fettesgate-39Magic-Circle39-spells-panic.5008996.jp

 I cannot understand why anyone could definitively state that there has not been a cover-up in the Hollie Greig case.