From: "Jeff Wood", [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will often be true that a firearms death is a narcotics-related matter, and increasingly that hint will relegate it to the back pages of the newspapers, where only people like CS subscribers, who have an interest in the level of shootings, will note it. However it is not always true, even where the press officer of the local police force claims it is. When Martin McGartland, the former MI5/RUC agent was shot, I recall that the matter was first reported as a "drugs-related" shooting. There were complications to this affair: Northumbria Police had managed to publicise McGartland's real name and address, telling the hitmen where to call. The police had also prevented medics from getting to the victim. They had rear ends to cover, and publicity was unwelcome. McGartland was too well known for the ploy to work for long, but watch out for it being used again, if it becomes normal for druggie shootings to get just a para in the papers. Yours sincerely Jeff Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public PGP Key at: ldap://certserver.pgp.com -------[Cybershooters contacts]-------- Editor: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website & subscription info: www.cybershooters.org
