Griffith: Treat terror threat as fact
The fact that all of 15 people who were held in relation to a plot to disrupt Carnival have not been charged with anything is not an indication that the threat was false.
He added that intelligence did not equate to evidence. He said the information received pertaining to the threat was based on a timeline and that timeline was the Carnival period. He said what was done was ensuring that the planned mission failed and the public should feel comfortable with that.
“The Prime Minister has never stated that there are terrorists in Trinidad and Tobago...What we have here is cells/institutions/organisations who are involved in aiding, abetting, providing financial, administrative and logistical support for persons to travel to become terrorist,” Griffith said
He added that intelligence did not equate to evidence. He said the information received pertaining to the threat was based on a timeline and that timeline was the Carnival period. He said what was done was ensuring that the planned mission failed and the public should feel comfortable with that.
“The Prime Minister has never stated that there are terrorists in Trinidad and Tobago...What we have here is cells/institutions/organisations who are involved in aiding, abetting, providing financial, administrative and logistical support for persons to travel to become terrorist,” Griffith said
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