00:00Retired Lieutenant Commander Norman Dindial says the Commissioner himself restricted
00:06officer's leave under an all-hands-on-deck approach, making his own departure particularly
00:12questionable. Dindial says the public is not asking for personal information nor that every
00:18detail be revealed, but taxpayers need to know whether the trip was official.
00:42He says he is not accusing the Commissioner of dishonesty, but there are concerns.
00:54What is given creates more questions and answers in national security, and that is very dangerous,
01:00especially at this point in time, where the people need clarity. I am not a judge,
01:06and I am not accusing him. The explanation is very contradictory.
01:12And with the Prime Minister and Minister of Homeland Security maintaining that the reason for the leave
01:18is confidential, the former operational commander tells the morning edition an even greater cloud
01:25of suspicion now hangs over the matter. Citizens looking for leadership, looking for stability,
01:32you have the head of the service not telling you what is going on. And you have, what you see,
01:38right now we have more suspicion than facts, and in national security secrecy breeds suspicion.
01:45He also questions what he describes as the government's changing narrative on the security
01:51situation as the state of emergency approaches its deadline.
01:55They are framing it again for another SOE. They have gotten a handle of it,
01:59but now it has gone out of hand again. So they keep flipping the script every three months.
02:05Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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