David Matas and David Kilgour

A reader responded to a post regarding David Kilgour and David Matas. The crux of my post had to do with the Chinese activities against the U.S. The reader did not respond to the theme but rather only took issue with a well covered report by Kilgour and Matas regarding organ harvesting.

In his/her rebuttal the writer notes the report has been rebuked by undercover investigations by the US State Department and Harry Wu and provided links which, in essence, illustrated a lack of understanding.... both to the post and to the report. Although I appreciate the response, I'm afraid the argument was and is groundless.

The U.S. State Department did not conduct an undercover investigation. They asked to see a hospital and, I suspect, gave ample announcement to their visit. Likewise the Chinese Communist Government does not allow the U.S. to run around the country doing unannounced spot checks of their facilities. In additions, it's not in the the U.S. State Department charter to go around the world conducting undercover investigations. To further add insult to injury, the States Departments statement on organ harvesting was published before the Kilgour Matas report... meaning State did not have the data or info before they made their statement. All of these points make the argument groundless.

As for Harry Wu... not sure I call him credible. Now Wu's conducting his own undercover investigation. Most people are wondering who Wu is anyway. Harry Wu's been all tied up with an investigations on organ harvesting since the late 1990's. He clearly understand the Chinese are engage in organ harvesting, as noted from this article when he HELPED the FBI identify illegal sales of organs from prisoners:

Harry Wu In The News
Harry contacted the FBI immediately afterwards. They arranged for Wu's original contact, Harry, and an FBI undercover agent to meet with Wang again on February 20.
Wang offered even pancreases and skin this time. He was accompanied by a Chinese citizen, Xingqui Fu, who lives in Flushing, New York. They were ready to deal. The exact details will come out in the men's trial, as the FBI arrested the two on charges of conspiring to violate the federal law against selling human organs for profit.

So now WU has changed his story... first they are harvesting organs, then not... it's
a wash, and his credibility is blown as fast as a quarter in Las Vegas.

Now compare the reputation WU to Kilgour and Matas. Or compare Wu to the 20 or so human rights watch organizations who ALSO say that China is harvesting organs from prisoners.

Just for the record Mr Kilgrou's credentials:

David Kilgour was one of the two longest-serving MPs in the House of Commons for the 38th Parliament. First elected in 1979 in the riding of Edmonton Strathcona, he has been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2004 to represent the constituents of Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont. Since Confederation, only two Alberta MPs have served longer terms.
In the 38th Parliament, David was Chair of the Canada-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast; co-chair of the All-Party and Multi-Faith Committee on Religious-Cultural Harmony and the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet; and Canadian Chair of Parliamentarians for Global Action.

Now if only the reader would post on the Chinese Military threat to the U.S. Maybe he/she thinks the ASAT and Laser attacks were disproved by one of Wu's undercover investigations.