IBM corruption scandal - documentary hacked just before key interview

somerset | local government | news report Friday August 22, 2008 00:09 by Tony Gosling

Somerset County Council, Avon and Somerset Police £500m corruption scandal - documentary hacked

Originally 24 minutes long the original Google Video upload mysteriously began to cut off yesterday at only 7 minutes in - just before the key part of the interview with the Chief Executive of Somerset County Council Alan Jones who appears to believe it's normal to make volleys of official complaints against your senior political opponents to close the deal. Please pass this documentary link to as many public officials as possible, particularly councillors.

Alan Jones, Chief Executive of Somerset County Council, but for how long?

For anyone that's missed the finer points of this corruption scandal. A clique on Somerset County Council pushing the £500m contract made over 70 misconduct complaints against Cllr. Paul Buchanan. He was former deputy leader of the council and the key critic of this IBM privatisation deal.

Original West Eye View documentary which now cuts out at about 7 minutes in
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1128707597309489339

Full 24 minute West Eye View documentary re-uploaded today
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3537821647600003346

You can also view the documentary in full on the ITV-West website here. Go to the right hand side of the screen, scroll down to the programme West Eye View and select 'Public Money, Private Gain', the most recent documentary.
http://www.itvlocal.com/west/programmes

MALFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE
The offence is misconduct in public office, which has been defined as:-
"Where a public officer is guilty of misbehaviour in office by neglecting a duty imposed upon him either at common law or by statute, he commits a misdemeanour and is liable to indictment unless another remedy is substituted by statute. The liability exists whether he is a common law or a statutory officer; and a person holding an office of important trust and of consequence to the public, under letters patent or derivatively from such authority, is liable to indictment for not faithfully discharging the office."
http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/mar2007/cabinet_pol....html
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