It does.

And look how controlled they are. This illustrates that they do anything told to do.

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Who's Zooming Who?

As I told investigators, though the Silsby group's lawyers claim that only she and her assistant were the ringleaders in this affair, I actually spoke to three people from their group, and it was clear from my conversation with them that their clearly-stated mission had been excitedly prepared. Silsby may have convinced members of her group they had authority to take children, but I definitely told at least two other members they were likely to be stopped. Moreover, when a policeman stops your bus with 40 children aboard, orders them to get off, then tells you you're breaking the law, and you still continue to try to do it - again- then what part of the message are you not understanding?

I don't presume to be other members of that group, but they cannot claim the type of total innocence as has been portrayed by their lawyer OR to the media. They clearly knew that others felt their actions were or might be wrong, even if she may have convinced them those other people were misinformed. So yes, they may have been duped - convinced by Silsby, and by the evocation to do God's work and follow God's law above man's (or human's) law.

But it's important for people following this story to know that a group was involved, with open knowledge of their church/parishes in the US, and it was a planned trip, and it engaged Dominicans with prior ties in the Dominican Republic.

ENTER THE LAWERS.. and MORE UGLINESS....

Now comes a new layer of what I actually initially (for one day) thought was a case of severely misguided missionaries, that may actually prove to have far uglier layers. Let's hope not. But it won't surprise me at this point. I'm just very grateful for the Border and UN authorities and Haitian justice officials, and that lone policeman, who acted with such concern and alacrity to prevent a crime from succeeding. (Let's hope they or any affiliates didn't succeed before, of course....)

See today's story on the latest, below...

As I have said to inquiring media colleagues and to Haiti-lovers, the greater story here is the ACTIONS taken by the Haitian and outside orphan advocates to prevent this from succeeding, and for insisting on the rule of law, even in this case of catastrophic instability post-quake. I'd love to see articles about that, and articles focusing on how to HELP, legally, and quickly, the tens of thousands fo children who have been orphaned or displaced.

As I posted recently, to me the concept of provisional FOSTER placement, working with through the international Unaccompanied Refugee Minor program -- NOT ADOPTION -- offers a appropriate provional LEGAL avenue to quickly helping Haitian children, especially those who are amputees and need onoging medical care outside Haiti, to get to quick safety and care, while allowing Haiti and Haitian officials and orphan groups the time to reorganize and reintegrate these displaced or orphaned children. A mandatory two year period is already the norm required for international adoptions to look for possible living relatives or others that can take in children. Two years would give all parties time to organize this while keeping the urgent needs of children now foremost in mind.

Congratulations to Haiti - to Haitian advocates - for their vigilance, and their insistence on the rule of law. That protects everyone.

Now here's the possibly bad news that has cast more shadows on the Silsby mission....

Adviser to Detained Americans in Haiti Is Investigated NYT by Mark Lacey and Ian Urbana Published: February 11, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The police in El Salvador have begun an investigation into whether a man suspected of leading a trafficking ring involving Central American and Caribbean women and girls is also a legal adviser to the Americans charged with trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without permission.

Posted by poxvox at 10:50 AM

There's more regarding the lawyer and then another updated post.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100811064229/http ://haitivox.com/2010/02/updated-special-report-available-puello.html