THE LATHEM / FRASER MEMO

THE INITIAL REQUEST

The following is the memo that Lathem wrote to Fraser

to request a review of all of my notes

that had been turned over to him on the 15th of December, 2000.

A few things are odd about the memo.

First of all,

no normal memo at that time within the Force

started off with the salutation of 'Dear'.

That line is just not put in an internal memo such as this.

Such memos are normally addressed to the senior position title in the office,

not the actual person who holds the position.

It could well have been that someone else in Fraser's office

such as his second in command,

could have received and handled the matter.

Adding the term 'Dear' makes the correspondence a personal matter

and not a professional, impartial request.

It reinforces the idea that it was all a planned and contrived personal action

that no one else in Fraser's office could oversee.

Then to say that I was 'associated with the Swissair investigation'

is certainly an understatement of the facts

and a most unusual way of putting it.

However, to have Gorman,

whom Lathem knew, influenced, and trusted,

conduct an objective review is sheer nepotism.

But of importance,

in the upper right box,

note the date of 2000-12-20.

It is the day after

Lathem's comment about a face to face meeting with Fraser

to discuss the issues.

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