Only 11 Gardai working on Anglo investigation

thebman

A HIGH Court judge has said he is shocked that only 11 Gardai are working on the investigation into the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank, now the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/judge-shocked-that-only-11-gardai-working-on-anglo-investigation-3001752.html

I must say I'm shocked too. It seems like that is one way to slow an investigation down. Just ensure it has virtually no resources.

Anyone remember the encrypted files that the staff wouldn't give them the passwords for? No wonder they didn't just hack into them when there are no resources on the investigation.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/anglo-chiefs-facing-quiz-on-missing-passwords-2413749.html

Gardai are using state-of-the-art technology to crack the password puzzle and are confident they will be able to gain access to all of the key documents.

Some files will be sent to the DPP before the end of the year, while others will be forwarded in the first quarter of 2011, Garda Supt Eamonn Keogh, who was seconded from the fraud bureau to the corporate enforcement office, told the court in an affidavit.

Mr Justice Kelly said while it was regrettable the inquiry was taking so long, this had to be balanced against the complexity of the investigation, the volume of material involved and the difficulty trying to open electronically stored material without passwords.

In the circumstances, he said, he would grant the application by corporate enforcement director Paul Appleby to extend the investigation for a further six months, when he hoped the court would then be told it had been completed.

Wonder what the software was or what format the files were in. I'm sure the people on the case are trying their best but one must question whether the case has the resources it deserves or requires to get the job done.

Or was it simply a case of 11 people in a room watching a computer program progress bar as it tried to brute force the passwords for the files taking turns to make the tea?

What do other people make of this? It seems to me like the resources are extremely low and suspiciously so for such a high profile investigation.

Bullseye1

Surely it's forensic accountants we need working on this not Garda.

Hogzy

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Surely it's forensic accountants we need working on this not Garda.

My thoughts exactly.

MagicSean

11 detectives is plenty of manpower for an investigation. I would presume that number does not include civilians like the computer technicians and forensic accountants.

frank9901

the guys with the passwords should have been locked up for obstruction of justice

thebman

MagicSean wrote: »

11 detectives is plenty of manpower for an investigation. I would presume that number does not include civilians like the computer technicians and forensic accountants.

Given the length of time it is taken, I think they ran this http://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/ and put the kettle on TBH.

quietriot

Honestly, we live in such a nutty country that if significantly more resources were being allocated to it you'd have a wave of moaners ranting over the taxpayer money being spent on the investigation and how it could be done cheaper in the former USSR.

fliball123

quietriot wrote: »

Honestly, we live in such a nutty country that if significantly more resources were being allocated to it you'd have a wave of moaners ranting over the taxpayer money being spent on the investigation and how it could be done cheaper in the former USSR.

The rest are sucking down doughnuts or out on the roads trying to catch people who are just trying to get to work...

MagicSean

fliball123 wrote: »

The rest are sucking down doughnuts or out on the roads trying to catch people who are just trying to get to work...

You only get caught if you can't drive properly. And the doughnut thing is so American.

quietriot

fliball123 wrote: »

The rest are sucking down doughnuts or out on the roads trying to catch people who are just trying to get to work...

On their way to work and breaking the law along the way?

If there weren't people out breaking laws on the roads, there wouldn't be any Gardai there to "catch" them on their way to work.

quietriot

MagicSean wrote: »

You only get caught if you can't drive properly. And the doughnut thing is so American.

Yep. All the Gardai I know get free fish n' chips from the local chipper. I know which I'd rather.

Going Forward

Wonder how many are "working" on Ivor Callely's case, and the question of the comparitively paltry
€2500 expenses riddle??