Nova Scotia Shooting Spree A False Flag Operation?

Several days ago, Maclean's, a Canadian news magazine, reported that "The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation." Specifically:

      The withdrawal of $475,000 in cash by the man who killed 22 Nova Scotians in April matches the method the RCMP uses to send money to confidential informants and agents, sources say.

      Gabriel Wortman, who is responsible for the largest mass killing in Canadian history, withdrew the money from a Brink’s depot in Dartmouth, N.S., on March 30, stashing a carryall filled with hundred-dollar bills in the trunk of his car.

      According to a source close to the police investigation the money came from CIBC Intria, a subsidiary of the chartered bank that handles currency transactions.

     Sources in both banking and the RCMP say the transaction is consistent with how the RCMP funnels money to its confidential informants and agents, and is not an option available to private banking customers.

In other words, even if you had that much money to withdraw, you wouldn't be able to walk into a Brink's depot and be handed the cash in the cash. Rather, your bank would order the money from Brink's, and after receipt, would count the money in front of you before handing it over. That is, unless you worked for the government:

       A second Mountie, who does not know the first one but who has also been involved in CI operations, also believes that Wortman’s ability to withdraw a large sum of money from Brink’s is an indication that Wortman had a link with the police. “That’s tradecraft,” the Mountie said, explaining that by going through CIBC Intria, the RCMP could avoid typical banking scrutiny, as there are no holds placed on the money.

      “That’s what we do when we need flash money for a buy. We don’t keep stashes of money around the office. When we suddenly need a large sum of money to make a buy or something, that’s the route we take. I think [with the Brink’s transaction] you’ve proved with that single fact that he had a relationship with the police. He was either a CI or an agent.”

The article also notes that "it could explain why the [RCMP] appeared not to take action on complaints about his illegal guns and his assault on his common-law wife." The article also mentions that informants are never paid any amounts over $10,000 at a time, and, therefore, this size of withdrawal would indicate someone working as an agent for the government.

     As you can expect, the revelations have not gone over well with families of victims of the shooting spree. The Daily Mail reports: "Families of 22 victims killed in Nova Scotia shooting demand swift federal inquiry amid speculation gunman was an undercover agent for the RCMP or had ties to organized crime."

      More than two months later the victims' families are still seeking answers as to why Wortman carried out the attack and why it took so long for the RCMP to stop him.  

      Over the past several weeks Nova Scotia attorney general Mark Furey has repeatedly promised that a federal-provincial inquiry is on the way - yet no official date has been set.    

      A potential break in the case came last week when news magazine Maclean's unearthed video which allegedly showed Wortman withdrawing $475,000 from a Brink's office 19 days before the shooting. 

      Law enforcement sources say that the massive withdrawal matched the method the RCMP uses to send money to confidential informants and agents - and would not have been possible for a regular citizen. 

     The RCMP has repeatedly insisted that it had no 'special relationship' with Wortman and refused to answer questions about the withdrawal.