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Hollinger three: Circling the drain

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Douglas Bell

With Conrad Black et al. jointly asking for an “emergency” stay to keep them out of prison—at least until the appellate court in the 7th circuit decides the matter of their application to remain free on bail—I am struck by the supreme irony of the Hollinger three tying their fate to common application in this matter. I’m making my way through Steve Skurka’s new book on the trial titled Tilted and came across the following passage, and believe me there’s plenty more like it:

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Perhaps Conrad Black was just not loved enough

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Douglas Bell

With a mere two weeks to go before his scheduled self-surrender, Conrad Black could take solace of a sort in the words of three relatively well meaning chroniclers over the weekend. The Irish columnist Ruth Dudley Edwards—long a bona fide FOB—elicited the following stiff-upper-lip missive:

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Ken Whyte, Conrad Black and a conflict of interest

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Douglas Bell

On a day when the Hollinger three filed joint papers with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a final effort to delay their imprisonment, I am going to rewind the tape to reprise a peripheral issue in the trial of Conrad Black—one that may, in the long run, have even more profound consequences than the demise of the great man himself.

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Babs goes batty

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Douglas Bell

The opening sentence of Barbara Amiel’s latest offering in Maclean’s proves beyond a shadow of a shadow of a doubt that, whatever else you might say about her, the lady is as good as her word: “As we face the next round of tribulations, there are distinct signs that I am turning slightly batty.”

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The fag-end days for Black et al.

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Douglas Bell

Now are frayed fag-end days for Conrad Black et al. Having decided to roll together their appellate court applications for bail, the Hollinger three are damned with faint praise. The Canadian Press reports:

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A Bone to chew on

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Douglas Bell

After his Lordship’s repudiation last Thursday, the weekend’s coverage dwindled away to almost nothing. One happy exception was James Bone in The Times (of London). Among Crossharbour’s antagonists, Bone is the most erudite and mischievous. Earlier in the proceedings, he reported on Black’s likely schedule on a typical day in the slammer. Saturday he reported on Black’s recreational options should he end up at FCI Coleman, which, along with a federal work camp in Miami (Black’s first choice), is his probable destination. “Coleman, with a population of 5,000 in low-, medium- and high-security facilities, is the largest prison in the United States. It offers inmates activities such as shuffleboard, exercise bicycles and bocce ball, the Italian version of bowls.”

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