"Police officers in civilian clothes, but wearing flak jackets and one wearing a holster, entered and left the offices at 130 Albert Street, but refused further comment."
So reports the Toronto Star from today's festivities at Conservative HQ. Which only makes sense: Who knew what receptionist or mid-level organizational director could burst out from behind a corner, willing to go down firing rather than surrender their incendiary fundraising documents?
Certainly, it's impossible to imagine the RCMP was just putting on a show. Sure, it may occasionally be prone to, say, tipping off the media beforehand so it can get some nice exposure acting on warrants that name high-profile politicians. But it only does that when its cases are completely, 100% rock solid, not as ambiguous as this one.
So no, Paul, I have no idea what you're on about. The mere suggestion that our national police force would let itself get wrapped up in a showy raid it hadn't entirely thought through is so preposterous I refuse to even consider the possibility.
