Cliffhanger continues...

Just like yesterday, proceedings were adjourned today on a cliffhanger. This time they dealt with the issue of how the original allegations ended up in the hands of the Ottawa Citizen. That line of questioning is expected to be picked up tomorrow.

Here are a couple of quick notes you may find interesting:

* The entire morning session was completely devoted to a procedureal issue that I noted in my earlier post. This was resolved with both Kilrea and the Ottawa Citizen waiving any client-solicitor privilege in regards to the lawyer's notes on Kilrea's affidavit. Both sides will be presented with transcripts of the notes and Judge Cunningham noted that he had doubt about whether there would be anything in them that would require the privilege.

* After the lunch break the Judge began the session by telling Edelson "perhaps we've spent enough time on peripheral issues and it's time to get to the crux of the case." Edelson says he's turning to the immediate issue and "we're heading there very quickly." For the first time that I've seen, the Judge takes off his glasses and rubs his eye, sighs and rests his forehead in his hands.

* At one point during Kilrea's testimony, he describes having a "quick" meeting with the Crown a couple of months ago. Judge responds jokingly "in politics, 2 hours is a quick meeting". Ripples of laughter in the courtroom.