Tombong Saidy:
You see, stop under-estimating the intelligence of the members of the
Gambia-L. Believe me, people on the List are not fools! In fact, they are
smarter than you can imagine.
My brother, you have this habit of dividing the list, or diverting
attention, for instance, whenever your monster boss Yaya Jammeh is being
mercilessly exposed as a corrupt tyrant on the list.
And now, because the current attention on the L is on me, but more
importantly, given the fact that some of the comments on the list are very
critical of me, you then decided to chip in - to send in an e-mail, saying
that Cheyassin Secka told you that he did not write the e-mail I posted to
the L - which was signed in his name - so that those on the L who are
critical of me can also use your "bait" as a way to do further attacks on
me.
Tombong Saidy, I sincerely believe that you might have even convinced Pap
Cheyassin Secka that now was a very good time to deny writing that e-mail,
so that more people on the L, can attack me, or question my integrity.
Well, Tombong, I can assure you that the members of L are smarter than you.
For three weeks now, the e-mail, purportedly written by "Cheyassin Secka"
was on the L, and neither you nor Cheyassin Secka himself denied owning it
until now, when I am the subject of attention/controversy on the L.
So, Tombong, you have come again to divide the list. By the way, tell me,
this time around, who is your "bait" meant for? Who do you want to catch?
Tombong Saidy, you can never succeed in tarnishing my integrity, not this
time around. Anyway, the good thing is that there are some many computer
experts on Gambia L these days; so they can easily track down or trace where
the e-mail in question had come from.
They may not know who wrote it, but they can easily trace where the e-mail
in question, was sent from. And, in fact, if you look at the caption of that
e-mail purportedly written by "Cheyassin Secka", I had put Cheyassin's name
IN QUOTES: "Cheyassin Secka".
And even if you look at the caption of very posting you sent today -
reproduced below - and which posting I am now reacting to, you'll see that
Cheyassin Secka's name was in fact in quotes: "Cheyassin Secka"
So, even assuming that SoS Cheyassin Secka didn't write the e-mail in
question, I still haven't committed any wrong journalistically once his name
was put in quotes - "Cheyassin Secka". But I suppose you wouldn't know this
rule/precept in Journalism, because you are not a trained one. Why not ask
Jainaba Nyang or Bora Mboge to lecture you on this one?
In conclusion, I call on Momodou Camara, Manjie Nyang, Yusupha Jow, Katim
Touray to check the IP number of the e-mail in question, and report to the L
where it came from. They may not know who wrote the e-mail in question if
the real Cheyassin Secka claimed that he did not write it; but they will
surely know where the e-mail was actually sent from. They will, for sure,
know the machine from where it was sent from.
And, Gambia-L, given the content of the e-mail in question - and also having
regard to its explicit nature - I am convinced that it indeed came from
Cheyassin himself or an insider in the Ministry of Justice.
Saul Khan: I saw your comments on the Ebou Taal saga, but I believe you
missed the point. I reacted to Mambuna Bojang on the grounds of principles.
Sal Taal sent me a private e-mail and asked me, in the name of
"transparency", to forward it to the L. He also wrote clearly that he was
"awaiting" my reply.
Now, Saul Khan, consider this: Salieu Taal's castigating e-mail was on the L
for two days, but neither you nor Mambuna Bojang wrote anything to the
effect that Sal's e-mail shouldn't have been sent to the L. I am sure a few
members of the L were in fact happy that I was being attacked in that
manner.
Now, when it was my turn to reply Salieu, I was now being told by Mambuna
that I should have sent my e-mail to Sal privately. What is the
justification here? Why didn't you or Mambuna come out and object when Sal
or his sister sent in their e-mails?
You read both Sal's and Fatou Taal's insulting e-mails without saying
nothing for two days at least, but when it was my legal right to reply, you
and Mambuna came out to lecture me on the laws of privacy. Don't get me
wrong: I believe the two of you had a valid point to make, but I am
questioning the timing your postings came. And postings were addressed to me
alone, none was addressed to Sal or his sister
Frankly, if Mambuna, or you, wrote your observation immediately after Sal's
or Fatou's e-mails were posted to the L, then I could have understood. But
you kept quiet for two days until when I replied and now you want to lecture
me on the laws of privacy. Where is the fairness here? You see my point?
Anyway, I hope we can now move on and join efforts/hands to try and unseat
the dictator in Kanilai.
Mambuna Bojang, my apologies to you nonetheless if you found my earlier
comments offensive. As I always say, The Gambia is a small society and we
are all one big family. So we must demand to live in continued peace and
harmony. I was in fact "surprised" last night when someone called me from
London to say that you are Amie Bojang-Sissoho's brother.
Well, Amie was a colleague and a good sister for that matter. In fact, very
recently, I went to visit her when she came from Southampton, UK, to spend a
weekend at Ndey Jobarteh's flat. So I'll call ask her later this afternoon
and ask her to make peace between the two of us. (laugh)
Ebrima Ceesay
Birmingham, UK.
>From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: "Cheyassin Secka" reacts to the "Coms" Wadda issue!
>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 02:34:19 PDT
>
>Ebrima Ceesay,
>
>You wrote:
>
>
>I spoke to Mr. Pap Cheyassin Secka and showed him your email and the email
>you claimed he wrote. The man categorically denied ever writing such an
>email. He has been following GAMTEL for sometime now to get him online.
>GAMTEL will get him connected this week and has also assigned him an email
>address, which he has not yet used. If the Attorney General denies ever
>sending an email, then where does this email come from? How can you claim
>that the email was written by Pap Cheyassin Secka and addressed to you? The
>email address
>q [log in to unmask] does not belong to Pap Cheyassin Secka or is this from
>any
>imaginary Pap Cheyassin Secka just as your sources are imaginary? This is a
>serious crime, especially as a journalist. This is not impersonation, but
>forgery at best.
>
>Credibility is the most important quality for a journalist to have.
>
>
>PEACE
>
>TOMBONG
>
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