'Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned." A high profile, multi-media, global campaign that is based on lies and deceit. The campaign has made little or no attempt to find Madeleine. Donations from struggling parents, businesses and even emotionally blackmailed children, have been used for expenses never before associated with a search for a missing child.
Within a short time of Madeleine's disappearance Team McCann, set about the task of protecting the McCanns from the financial hardship most parents of missing children incur. We have all seen it time and again - relationships break down, mums or dads lose their jobs due to stress, and families are financially ruined due to legitimate expenses incurred in a desperate, heartbreaking attempt to find their lost child.
Gerald McCann and Kate Healy came from nowhere - and they were determined to do everything in their power to avoid going back to their roots. They were prepared to betray their little girl, betray the sympathy of the public and betray the concept of truth, in order to protect their lifestyle.
With the help of highly-connected friends and a regime of secrecy, fear and protection, the operation went in to full swing with the slickness of a well organised propaganda campaign. They targeted people's emotions, they tried to sell the, "there but for the grace of God go I" message to the naive and the unquestioning.
For a while it worked - but everything the McCanns do - they do badly - and that includes parenting. Thankfully for those of us who are seeking answers, they enlisted the aid of Justine McGuinness, a PR guru who is so inept she doesn't know how to spell PR, let alone organise an efficient, water-tight campaign.
Team McCann have not turned over one stone - they stayed away from stony ground to graze upon greener, lusher pastures. The McCanns go from interview to interview, photo-op to photo-op, launching tasteless posters, tacky wristbands and releasing balloons.
After more than three months the campaign has not produced any information regarding the fete of the child they neglected - the only credible information has come from the Portuguese police and Portuguese media. Information the McCanns, the Establishment and the British media, take unseemly delight in discrediting - unless it suits their own agenda.
Genuine and credible offers of help and assistance have gone unacknowledged, been turned down and scorned. Team McCann ask us to believe they are prepared to do everything in their power to find a little girl betrayed by good-time parents. They give interviews thanking people for their support when in reality the support and kindness of strangers, has been constantly rejected and even ridiculed.
Gerry McCann has been quoted as saying, "We are always trying to think of ideas that will reach people who may not have heard of Madeleines disappearance."
It is a lie. As are so many things associated with the McCanns.
I received three emails from an impeccable source whose integrity the Tapas Nine, could not collectively come close to. The source has professional credentials and contacts that any parents of a missing child, would give their soul to have on their side. Those credentials were made clear to Team McCann in emails.
My source made three attempts to initiate a highly effective awareness campaign in Bosnia, which as you will see by the correspondence, is a major route and destination for human trafficking.
----- Original Message -----
From: Name Deleted
To: mail@bringmadeleinehome.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:10 PM
Subject: suggestion for appeal in Bosnia
ATN: Mrs. Justine McGuinness
Campaign Manager
I live in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is, unfortunately, now a major route and destination for human trafficking (as can be seen on the IOM website
The news of Madeleine's disappearance was covered only briefly by the media here at the time it occurred. I know that the chain e-mails have done the rounds, but only in English and, in any case, only a limited number of the local population have access to internet. Only a dozen or so local internet sites have any reference to her case, mostly translations of articles from international media sources back in May; none are recent and inform that she is still being searched for.
To make an appeal that would reach the majority of the population would have to be done through advertisements in newspapers, which are widely read. I would be glad to prepare an appropriate text in the local languages and submit them to 4 or 5 dailies myself, if this is deemed useful. The cost of the advertisements themselves would be around 200-400 euro, according to their size and the number of newspapers chosen. Please let me know if you are interested in pursuing this option. Spots on the evening television news are another highly effective option, but they would be much more expensive.
I have deleted the paragraph where my source provided details of their professional credentials.
Yours sincerely,
Name Deleted
Professional details deleted
----- Original Message -----
From: Name Deleted
To: justine@Findmadeleine.com
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Fw: suggestion for appeal in Bosnia
Dear Ms. McGuinness,
I am resending this mesage as you may not have received it from the general mail address. I found your address on internet today.
----- Original Message -----
From: Name Deleted
To: gerry@Findmadeleine.com
Cc: justine@Findmadeleine.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: "ideas that will reach people who may not have heard of Madeleines disappearance" & suggestion for appeal in Bosnia
Dear Dr. McCann,
I find it a bit hard to reconcile your blog statement “We are always trying to think of ideas that will reach people who may not have heard of Madeleines disappearance.” with the fact that a suggestion to raise awareness in a European country known to be a route and destination for human trafficking (including children), and where press coverage has been almost nil, received absolutely no response, let alone interest. The relevant mails are below.
I have followed the news of the sad disappearance of your daughter with concern and believe that the public (British, Portuguese and others) gave generously to help you in the endeavour to leave no stone unturned, even in cases where the chances of success might be slim.
The suggestion and offer had been made in good faith and I am sorry they were not considered worthwhile; if it were my child, I would be looking everywhere.
Sincerely,
Name Deleted
All three emails went unanswered.
Why?
That question is answered in my opening paragraph. Leaving no stone unturned is based on a lie. It is an income protection scheme for the McCanns and their family - board members of the fund who are also beneficiaries. I have yet to see any evidence of their alleged, "conflict of interest policy".
It is also about protection.
But who are the ones being protected?
And just as importantly - how far back does that protection go?
Isn't it sad that out of all the posts I have made on this issue, this is the one that scares me the most. Lies come cheaply - but risk is the price of truth.
