An Appearance Of Innocence

..by Dale Netherton
April 29, 2006

Mr Dale Netherton's article says it all. Is this
really what Aruba is doing?
I say if it looks like it and smells like it.
Its a rat...

There is a phenomena that takes place every day and
appears to cast innocence on the practitioners.
It is called ,” Show that you are doing everything you
can so if something doesn’t get done the criticism
will be minimal”.
This is what is happening in the Natalee Holloway
investigation.
If you review the “efforts” of the investigating authorities
you see arrests that never materialize into convictions
or even leads.
You see investigators telling the press they are in the
last critical phase of the investigation and then they
step down.
You see theories coming out of the blue with nothing to
substantiate them and you see a known corruptive
government playing the role of “doing all that it can”
while coming up empty, offering inane explanations
and continuing to snow a gullible American media
that they are only doing the best they can.
This method is not new and it isn’t easily identified
when people are willing to give the benefit of the
doubt to those good at playing the game.
In the business world you see the phenomena everyday.
An issue will be apparent and a person who might be
questioned about it scrambles to know if everything
is being done so that an explanation can be provided
in case a question arises about “what went wrong?”
To make this clear let’s suppose a manager hears
that a manufacturing plant within his division is
having trouble with producing a certain widget.
Since his plant also makes the widget, he
immediately doesn’t want that issue to be one he
will have to answer for so he goes to his underlings
and alerts them to be sure they are doing all that
they can to keep maintenance up, supplies plentiful
and approved and everyone is following procedures.
A more sensible approach would be to find out
exactly what the problem is and concentrate on that
issue but it isn’t problem solving that is the focus, it
is CYA.
And this is what we are observing in the
Natalee Holloway case.
The natives of Aruba and those loyal to the island
dismiss that the Aruban government could be
corrupt as it would impact their livelihood and/or
recreation and perhaps even put them in a
position of suspicion by Aruba authorities.
Corrupt governments operate via intimidation. But
the only thing that is keeping the Aruba government
from outright confrontation of their role in the
disappearance of Natalee is the the blatant
refusal of our media to consider the Aruba
government had anything deliberate to do with
Natalee’s disappearance.
And this attitude is what is making the
disappearance look like it is unsolvable. This is
what the perpetrators want and they are succeeding
because as long as they only look like fools
trying to bumble along, no one questions their
involvement. Much like the ploy of the King’s jester
who could get away more than the normal citizen
by feigning incompetence so too the persons
involved in the Natalee disappearance are either
directly deceiving investigators or telling them to
keep the issue on the island but don’t implicate
the authorities.
Looking where she isn’t will never solve the case.
There will be those who read this and reject that a
government could be so corrupt as to be in bed
with say, a human trafficking ring. But this is a highly
dangerous crime and since there are instances of
other women “disappearing” and nothing is ever
found to link the authorities to collusion (payoff), why
are the girls never found?
Perhaps all is not as it seems. Perhaps the buffoons
are really corrupt and trying to cover their tracks
by bumbling. all evidence so far leads to this
conclusion. But the American media will only respond
to direct evidence and evidently cannot hypothesize
if it might affect their access.
A true investigator would consider all possibilities and
narrow the possibilities down to the most plausible
explanation which would best explain all of the facts.
None of the possibilities that exclude the Aruba
government from collusion answer satisfactorily the
lack of progress in this case.
There is only one way to get this case off the dime.
That is to ask the Aruba authorities for an internal
investigation.
If they refuse that will only cast more doubt on their
innocence. If they find nothing this will require them to
expose their investigative findings and techniques
for scrutiny. If they are not willing to do that, the world
must ask, “ What do you have to hide?” It appears they
are only stalling for time for the case to fade into
hopelessness and unless they are confronted as
possible collaborators. This possibility will not be
explored. And this possibility at this point is the most
probable explanation.They will undoubtedly continue
to arrest and speculate as long as they are under the
gun but watch how that fades over time as nothing new
comes up. You don’t get a rat to squeal unless you
corner him and you don’t corner him unless you
pursue him. If you assume he is innocent, he’s
home free.
Never give the benefit of the doubt to a rat.

Aruba has not considered us bloggers...
This case will stay current until American
authorities take matters in their own hands
and investigate what Aruba is up to.
At least we can protect other tourist now,
because they cannot afford any other
happenings with us watching...