-INCIDENTALLY, MY FELLOW NON-"HISTORY BUFFS", EARLIER IN THE 1979-84 TERM OF OFFICE BY THEN-CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER PIERRE E. TRUDEAU, THE R.C.M.P. HAD BEEN ORDERED TO RAID THE OFFICES
OF THE TORONTO SUN TO SECURE DOCUMENTATION OF AN ARTICLE THEY HAD PUBLISHED THAT TECHNICALLY
HAD STILL BEEN CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL...THOUGH EXCERPTS FROM IT, AS I PRESENTLY RECALL, HAD
BEEN DISCLOSED ELSEWHERE ALREADY.
AFTER A LENGTHY JUDICIAL PROCESS, THE TORONTO SUN WAS VINDICATED OF ANY WRONG-DOING...BUT IT
HAD COST THEM MONEY, TIME, DAMAGE TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION, AND LIKELY SOME PERSONAL
SUFFERING, POSSIBLY DISCOURAGING THEM FROM ENTERING INTO ANOTHER PROCESS THAT MIGHT ENRAGE
THE PRIME MINISTER SO WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS TACTICS (AND TEMPER).
(HE'D WON RE-ELECTION IN
1979 IN A CAMPAIGN IN WHICH HE WAS CHARACTERIZED AS "ONE LONE STREET FIGHTER".)
MR. RADWANSKI, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS WRITTEN A FAIRLY GLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF TRUDEAU (AND HELPED HIM IN THE 1990'S WITH THE FIRST VOLUME OF HIS AUTHORIZED MEMOIRS), WAS A WELL-KNOWN LIBERAL PARTY INSIDER, AND, OF COURSE, THEN EDITED THE LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER IN CANADA...
MR. RADWANSKI, BY THE WAY, CHOSE NOT TO REPLY TO MY NUMEROUS HAND-DELIVERED SUBMISSIONS TO THE TORONTO STAR.
BEAR IN MIND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VERDICT RE MY "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN.
REMIND YOURSELF BY WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE--AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIM, KNOWS HOW MUCH HE LIKES TO YAP ABOUT HIS RECORD.
THEN, TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TWO OF THEM ARE UP TO IN THE 21ST CENTURY, TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER A RELEVANT EXCERPT FROM THAT FIRST RADWANSKI BIOGRAPHY OF TRUDEAU, THEN TAKE YOUR NEXT FOOTSTEP HERE.