16 November 2004
On 29 October 2004, Cryptome published three emails provided by Anonymous (A) allegedly written by Sean Nolan, Walter Kirwan and Tim Dalton:
http://cryptome.org/sean-nolan.htm
Their authenticity was questioned by readers and A provided supplementary information on their origin, including the a name and address of the emails source (B) as well as those of another person (C) who could vouch for B, but asked that this information not be published by Cryptome for the time being.
Today a meeting was allegedly held with A and B, requested by A to obtain conclusive authentication of the emails. According to A, authentication was not provided, instead it was learned that the emails were intended to entrap A by giving grounds for legal action against A by Nolan, Kirwan and Dalton.
To smoke out these allegations, Cryptome publishes A's emails which provided the Nolan, et al, emails and which named B and a voucher:
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From: A Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:19:24 +0100 Dear John May I firstly enclose for your attention some emails that were passed to me, in the form you have them here. I did initially get printed copies and the electronic copies were later sent to me. The source who gave them to me is reliable as he works in government. I think given the past behaviour of Bertie Ahern & Tony Blair and their governments these should be made public. I am not sure what's going on but whatever it is, I am sure by the tone of the email that it is illegal. ----- From: A Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 20:14:51 -0000 John I would be grateful if you could put up the following statement on the site regarding what I sent to you. I talked this over with my lawyer this afternoon and he agrees this is a good thing to do. However can you keep the names secret as despite the fact that I don't trust him I did give him my word for the time being that I would keep his name confidential. John the home address for Ultan Ryan is; 15 Greenwood Way, Greenwood Estate Dublin 13 Tel: 01 8673019 Mobile : 087 9194710 Wife's name: Catherine Home Address of Paul McGarry ( The other named official) 11 Beechwood Avenue Ranelagh Dublin Tel: 01 4979141 Statement of A On or about 2 weeks ago I received a telephone call from a named official employed by the Department of Justice in Dublin asking me could we meet ASAP as he had information that I would find interesting ( His words). This call was al the more surprising as I had considered this individual to be openly hostile to me in the past. He handed me printouts of the emails which have been sent to Cryptome and told me that he would email me the original as he got them. I openly told this individual that I did not trust his motives for providing the information given our very obvious past together. He told me his motives were because he didn't like the direction the Department of Justice was taking and that they had treated me personally in a very bad way and also because he didn't want to end up like Barry O'Hara. The latter died in February of a very "unexplained" brain tumor despite the fact of never having presented any symptoms. I asked was he implying that agents of this state ( Irish Republic) had a hand in his death to which he replied that he didn't want to end up like Barry and that giving me the information was the best way he thought of to protect himself. The name and contact details of this individual have been supplied to Cryptome but they have agreed to my request not to divulge them until asked to. I was at this stage highly suspicious as I did feel strongly that the Department of Justice was in fact trying to " Set me up" to discredit me in the Irish Media or perhaps even worse. To try and ascertain if this individual was " On the level" I asked him to write down his contact details including his home address and telephone number and the contact details of another named individual, whose name has also been supplied to Cryptome. I thought that this official would not want his homes address known to me if he was not "On the level" and again was very surprised when he was forthcoming. Again, I have asked the administrators of the site not to divulge these details until asked and they have kindly agreed. I then ended the conversation but immediately proceeded to check the details which the first official had provided me which have proven to be correct. I never at any stage tried to pass these emails off as genuine as even now I am simply unsure but having dealt with such individuals the one trait that they all have in common is sheer and complete arrogance towards ordinary citizens and utter contempt to the law. Many people have said to me that these people think that the law does not apply to them and that is the only reason I feel there is some truth in the emails. To anybody who has dealt with these people before I am sure they all have this to say about them. I then tried to ascertain with various other sources if there was any truth in the contents of the emails that had been handed to me. Sources & people I asked doubted the contents and said there was no way these guys would say such things on an unsecured server but did say that " Knowing how arrogant they are I wouldn't be surprised given what has already gone on with the various Inquiry's on at the moment such as the Morris Inquiry" and the Planning Corruption Inquiry. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information contained herein in truthful. A ----- From: A Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 22:21:21 -0000 John NO i woud prefer if you did not publsh those two names contained in the original mail I sent to you, ie Mr Ryan and Mr McGarry. I got Ryan's home address from him as some kind of proof that he was on the level with me. he also gave me McGarry's as well. What I am hoping is that if those mails were an attempt to set me up then with you publishing that they will or hopefully come out of the woodwork if they think that Ryan has given me the name of another top civil servant. ----- From: A Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:18:52 -0000 John I will be making contact with Ryan tomorrow and get the clarification you need but please do not contact him. I dont want him spooked.