(Barbados Nation) Ten years after controversy first arose over an alleged FBI probe of Barbados public officials, the issue was resurrected late last night in the House of Assembly.
In heated exchanges marked by angry crosstalk, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and former Prime Minister Owen Arthur clashed over the existence of the report, forcing frequent interventions by Speaker Michael Carrington to keep order as a hubbub arose in the Chamber.
“One of the first things that my predecessor in office [late Prime Minister David Thompson] enquired about in my presence at Government Headquarters on the Friday after the general election, was that FBI report.
“It could not be found anywhere, although that honourable Member [Arthur) had said that it was received, and he was aware it was on his desk.
