Disclosures Tribunal judge has made outing liars his life’s work
CICERO said “a nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.”
As an amateur (ie, unpaid) historian, philosopher, and psychologist, Mr Justice Peter Charleton is likely to be familiar with the above words, written more than 2,000 years ago by the Roman lawyer, philosopher, and political theorist. Judge Charleton will preside over the Disclosures Tribunal, which will investigate an alleged smear campaign against Garda whistleblower, Sgt Maurice McCabe.
