Oregon Bar asks lawyer about mysterious jet owner

[struggle4progress]

Updated Fri. Jan. 19 2007 11:32 PM ET
Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Where is Leonard Bayard?

A company registered in Oregon and bearing his name owned an executive jet the CIA is reported to have used to transport terrorist suspects to foreign countries for interrogation -- the so-called "extraordinary rendition" program.

But a retired political science professor said Bayard does not exist and news organizations and human rights groups have failed to find him.

Now the disciplinary counsel for the Oregon State Bar is pressing forward with an investigation of Portland lawyer Scott Caplan by asking him, just who is Leonard Bayard and did you represent him? ...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070119/secret_plane_070119/20070119?hub=TopStories

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. WHO is Leonard Bayard?

is a more accurate headline.


fuckin crooks! :mad:

[lligrd]

4. Who, What, Where Or Why

All good questions.

[global1]

10. It Would Make A Good Book Title......nt

[TheDebbieDee]

16. Who is Keyser Soze? n/t

[aquart]

2. Well, my goodness.

Just look what's under that rock!

[lligrd]

3. Wow, This Is One To Watch

Thanks for posting it. I hope this breaks the program wide open!

[alfredo]

5. Yeah, I would like to know. Maybe if we find out we can

unravel the cloak the junta is hiding behind.

[Mind_your_head]

6. Fascinating......

Reading the whole article at the link is "an eyeful/earful". Highly recommeneded. Things don't really "work as they seem".....this is just a little piece of it, I'd bet ~ and here's some proof.

Applause to the Oregon state bar!

M_Y_H

[lligrd]

8. Kudos To The Oregon Bar

:applause:

[Webster Green]

7. Shadow government..

They're probably bringing back drugs on the return trips.

The BFEE has lots of experience at this stuff.

[depakid]

9. OSB makes me proud!

I reckon that if Yoo or Gonzales were members of the Oregon Bar, they might have a few things to answer for as well.

[acmavm]

11. I hope they nail the bastards to the wall. It's interesting, I never thought

about it before but this government is probably the biggest criminal organization on earth.

[Hotler]

12. Good job Oregon State Bar.

Democrats on the hill look at this. This is what you call backbone get some.

[tanyev]

13. Kick. How about one more rec?

[rateyes]

14. I'd love to know the tail number of that plane...

then go to www.flightaware.com and see if we can track the flights.

[Eugene]

15. K&R

It would be great if Mr. Caplan came clean, but I suspect the CIA has already prepared
for this kind of an emergency. According the article, the CIA may be selling the planes
and closing down the front companies. Leonard Bayard will be a dead end.

If the government does not bury the investigation altogether, the CIA can leave the
lawyers holding the bag. Something like this was bound to happen sooner or later.

[MissB]

17. This was on the front page

of the business section of the Oregonian this morning.