What is the big deal with these letters?

If they are innocent then there is nothing to be afraid of!

It would be an absolute scandal if the McCanns get away with this.

It appears that the Government are protecting the McCanns. You must ask why the Government is protecting UK citizens from the Portuguese police/Prosecutors.

I suspect the Government is in possession of classified intelligence relating to the true facts of this case. The PJ are not necessarily in possession of that intel, of if they are, may be attempting to frame the McCanns. The Government appears to have drawn a line at further questioning.

Accordingly, the investigation/legal process must be slowed down/stymied to protect the McCanns from further harassment with the hope that Madeleine can be found in the meantime.

Certain pros on the MF were often making bold statements, ie. The McCanns will NEVER be charged with anything ...

It sure makes me wonder who those certain people really are and what they know.

If I've posted elswhere - apologies - but thought someone else may be able to investigate it further. Thanks for SOS translation/OP. All this needs serious scrutiny.

The McCanns, Bell Pottinger and New Labour

Was anybody aware that the McCann's first Public Relations and Crisis Management specialist dispatched to Praia Da Luz was Bell Pottingers's Alex Woolfall? Bell Pottinger have a number of New Labour links and (interestingly enough) a number of Nuclear clients.

The McCanns have enjoyed the services of a number of PR and Crisis Management companies but out of the list only Bell Pottinger can boast direct links to New Labour and Downing Street. Ex-Labour Party staff at Bell Pottinger include Cathy McGlynn (an adviser to Jack Cunningham when he was Agriculture Secretary), Amanda Clow (from Tony Blair's office before the 1997 election), Amanda Francis (a former adviser to Mo Mowlam), Jav Chavda (a former researcher for the 'Rapid Rebuttal Unit') and Nick Williams.
(more info can be found here: http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=256

Bell Pottinger's Alex Woolfall was dispatched to Pria Da Luz as the MCann's media representative in the first few weeks of the investigation relieved duly by Clarence Mitchell, at that time 'Head Of Media Monitoring' at Downing Street.

Interestingly, Bell Pottinger have a history of Nucelar Clients, including BNFL and the Nuclear Decomissioning Agency. Gerry McCann on the otherhand sits as a guest member on the medical subcommittee of COMARE - Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment.

COMARE played a key role in the Nuclear, Renewables proposals put forward in the Blair Government's 2007 Energy White Paper: Meeting the Energy Challenge, published in May 2007, after research was alleged not to have identified any evidence of increased incidents of childhood cancer in areas surrounding nuclear power stations.
http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html

And then you get headlines like this:
Brown to endorse new generation of nuclear power
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,2217048,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Bell Pottinger are alleged to have done the ground work on sourcing pro and ani-nuclear MPs on behalf of Downing Street through their work with the Nuclear Decomissioning Agency (likely to have been a cover for little more than a recruitment drive).

Thanks to Astro - looks like there will be increasing speculation on Government Intereference in the McCann investigation in weeks to come.