The Crown had to drop fairly serious charges because the RCMP had not told a judge that they had an internal memo from a polygraph expert saying that Mr. Young was incredible. They didn't give that to the judge who had issued the first warrant. Therefore, they had to stay some very serious charges.
The Vancouver detachment seemed to be telling the Victoria detachment to watch itself. There seemed to be a political struggle between the two at one point.
But I was never told when he was in the witness protection program. I don't know the date he entered. I have some knowledge of the date he became a police agent, which might be contemporaneous. But at that time, I was already, as a defence lawyer admittedly, raising concerns. After it was found out that he was an agent, and all the information came in, and then finally the judge—
Even if he was in the program, why didn't they kick him out? Maybe they did, but obviously not. They have to consider the risk of security to the witness--I don't know the level of threat they thought they had--the danger to the community if the witness is admitted to the program—they should have investigated; they would have learned something—the importance of the witness in the matter—doubtful—and the value of the information or evidence given—well, it turned out to be of no value whatsoever.