[Kharon]

"The scandal began in December 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason. Dreyfus was a 35-year-old Alsatian French artillery officer of Jewish descent. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly communicating French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris, and was imprisoned in Devil's Island in French Guiana, where he spent nearly five years. "

" On 5 January 1895, the ceremony of degradation took place in the Morlan Court of the Military School in Paris. While the drums rolled, Dreyfus was accompanied by four artillery officers, who brought him before an officer of the state who read the judgment. A Republican Guard adjutant tore off his badges, thin strips of gold, his stripes, cuffs and sleeves of his jacket. Witnesses report the dignity of Dreyfus, who continued to maintain his innocence while raising his arms: "Innocent, Innocent! Vive la France! Long live the Army". The Adjutant broke his sword on his knee and then the condemned Dreyfus marched at a slow pace in front of his former companions."

......needless to say, but Captain Dreyfus was innocent and the contortions of the French establishment to try and hide this odorous miscarriage of justice fractured France. Dreyfus was exonerated and reinstated in 1906 snd served throughout WWI.

Perhaps the most famous turning point in this drawn out saga (for a saga is about good vs. evil) was Emile Zolas public letter "J' Accuse" published in L'Aurore - which accused the French General Staff of conspiracy and deliberate miscarriage of justice.

I am reminded of L'affaire Dreyfus by L'affaire Buckley - in which Mr. Buckley's APTA flight training organization was allegedly destroyed by CASA for no good reason at great personal and financial cost. Mr.  Buckley complains voluminously on the pages (90 pages, count them) of another website. He has gone to the Commonwealth ombudsman but receives no satisfaction. CASA makes a submission to the Senate inquiry (46.1) that appears to state that Buckley is just a malcontent.

So there you have it CASA shutters a business for what appears to be not because of any specific breach of the regulations but because it doesn't like "the vibe" of APTA, at least according to Glen Buckley.

So that was the state of play until Glen Buckley had a heart attack on 9 October .. and has spent some time reflecting on what has transpired and has now written and published his own "J'accuse" - targetting Mr. Jonathan Aleck, CASA Executive Manager of Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs.I don't think CASA can ignore this, let alone Mr. Aleck.

MTF