Audio statement allegedly by Joseph Mifsud 11-11-2019
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0:02 - 0:08Today is the 11th of November 2019.
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0:09 - 0:14I am Joseph Mifsud speaking,
this is my voice. -
0:16 - 0:20I would like, first of all, to say
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0:20 - 0:26that I have absolutely no contact
with friends and family -
0:26 - 0:30and have had no contact
with friends and family -
0:30 - 0:32for a number of months now .
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0:34 - 0:41It's been almost two years to date that
the whole issue -- blown-up issue -- -
0:41 - 0:47has been presented to the world media
and on the world stage, -
0:47 - 0:54as if I had something to do
with issues concerning countries -
0:54 - 1:02or trying to infiltrate absolutely absurd
programs, contacts -
1:03 - 1:07or any other institutions of the world.
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1:08 - 1:15I have been a networker all my life
and this is what I'm good at. -
1:15 - 1:20I try to bring one group
in contact with another. -
1:20 - 1:28Not -- not, I repeat and underline --
nobody in any service, secret service -
1:29 - 1:32intelligence service
or anybody of this sort. -
1:32 - 1:38If I had any contact with these,
I have not known that -
1:38 - 1:43this person or that person
had any link with any institution. -
1:43 - 1:45So this is extremely important.
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1:46 - 1:50I have and I categorically refute
-- as I did -- -
1:50 - 1:57in tho only 2 interventions which I made,
one, on the Italian La Repubblica -
1:57 - 2:00and the other one when I was called
on the initial day, -
2:00 - 2:04I think it was the first day
when all this broke out, -
2:04 - 2:06by the Daily Telegraph in London.
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2:07 - 2:14I have had nothing to do, I tried to do
nothing else, except as I've always done, -
2:14 - 2:18put A in contact with B,
B in contact with C, -
2:19 - 2:25for purely, for purely I would call
academic purposes, OK? -
2:25 - 2:28The idea is to have networks.
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2:28 - 2:31I've always been involved in think tanks.
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2:31 - 2:36These think tanks were meant to bring
one group to speak to the other -
2:37 - 2:40about a topical issue:
that is all. -
2:40 - 2:45It was not my intent, never was my intent,
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2:45 - 2:50to try to obtain any information to pass
from one side to the other. -
2:50 - 2:53I have never done so,
because I was never, never -
2:54 - 2:59in possession of any information
which could be useful to one or the other. -
2:59 - 3:04All I knew were people,
people who came from think tanks. -
3:05 - 3:08And then, some of the institutions
that I represented in the past. -
3:08 - 3:12I can assure you, both in the UK,
in Italy and elsewhere, -
3:13 - 3:17I always tried to make sure that
young people have the opportunity -
3:18 - 3:21of interacting with each other:
that is all. -
3:21 - 3:30So, I've been reliably informed recently
that Link Campus has been accused -
3:30 - 3:35of setting issues or being involved
with services. -
3:36 - 3:43I categorically refute and refuse
to accept any of this. -
3:44 - 3:46There has never been anything of the sort.
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3:47 - 3:52I have friends and acquaintances,
obviously, from the university -
3:52 - 3:57but it is important to say that these
were representing their own interests. -
3:57 - 4:02So it was not me trying
to put them in touch with somebody else. -
4:02 - 4:08They never asked and I never, absolutely
never, never, tried to do that. -
4:08 - 4:13Whenever I met somebody -- and this
has been proven over and over again -- -
4:14 - 4:17I tried to keep that person
or that institution in mind, -
4:18 - 4:23if there was going to be a project
or an event -
4:23 - 4:26in which that institution can actually
play a part. -
4:27 - 4:29That is what I try to be.
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4:29 - 4:38I've always considered myself as also
according to my Catholic creed, -
4:39 - 4:43to be a bridge builder,
building between one and the other: -
4:43 - 4:45that is all that I wish to do.
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4:46 - 4:50Obviously, I have my own mind
about certain things. -
4:50 - 4:54So, if somebody asks me
how things are going to be, -
4:55 - 5:00what do I think will happen,
I obviously have an opinion, -
5:00 - 5:03like every other human being
in this world. -
5:04 - 5:13So it is very very clear, and I repeat,
that there was no -- how would I call it? -
5:13 - 5:16pressure; there was only advice
by my friends, -
5:17 - 5:20whom I consider to be my friends,
and they will always be my friends -
5:20 - 5:23because they've shown me
the hands of friendship -
5:24 - 5:34to actually, during the whole
explosion of news all over the world, -
5:34 - 5:352 years to date,
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5:36 - 5:41to actually keep a low profile
and spend some time -
5:41 - 5:46thinking and reflecting about what
the events were actually saying. -
5:47 - 5:49And that is what I have done.
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5:50 - 5:56I have kept out of the limelight,
I have tried to keep myself busy -
5:56 - 6:01mentally, because this has been
an extremely difficult period for myself. -
6:01 - 6:06I had no contact, as I mentioned before,
with my family, -
6:06 - 6:10which is something which obviously
somebody at my age -
6:11 - 6:19-- I'm going to be 60 in April -- needs
to have contact with my ailing parents, -
6:19 - 6:22with my -- and the rest of my family.
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6:22 - 6:25And this has been
extremely difficult for me. -
6:26 - 6:31I have been living a very lonely life
with no social interaction, -
6:31 - 6:36something to which I have had
no previous experience of. -
6:36 - 6:45So, to repeat: there has not been anybody
who has, in any way or form pressurized me -
6:45 - 6:52except giving me advice on my well-being,
#1, because when it happened 2 years ago, -
6:52 - 6:56I did not know where to turn,
I was completely alone. -
6:57 - 7:04I had no advice outside that of my friends
in which I was told it was better for me -
7:04 - 7:09to keep a low profile and to leave
what I was doing for a period of time. -
7:09 - 7:10And that's what I did.
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7:11 - 7:18Unfortunately, this period of time has now
been protracted to 2 years, -
7:18 - 7:20which is more than one can take.
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7:20 - 7:27I'm evidently at the end of my tether,
I cannot take this anymore. -
7:28 - 7:31I have not worked,
not done any mental work, -
7:31 - 7:34at times I have kept away
from all the news, -
7:34 - 7:38I do not actually even read the news,
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7:38 - 7:42because I have tried to keep away
from everything. -
7:42 - 7:46I have never, never: I repeat never
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7:46 - 7:49-- in fact
this is perhaps one of the issues -- -
7:49 - 7:53I have never been paid by anybody
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7:53 - 7:58to commit any intrusion
into the privacy of another -
7:58 - 8:02I have never been that
and I am NOT a radical -
8:02 - 8:06in this term, in the terms of trying
to put somebody in touch -
8:06 - 8:10with somebody else
without his or her permission. -
8:10 - 8:18I have always asked: "is there a wish, is
the request by A to be in contact with B?" -
8:18 - 8:22and I always ask A and B
if they wish to do so, -
8:23 - 8:25that is all.
It was of interest to me -
8:25 - 8:29to see that some of this networking
actually had some fruit -
8:30 - 8:33so in a text which I am preparing
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8:33 - 8:37and I am preparing a full text
of all my thinking -
8:37 - 8:42and of all the issues that I feel
have actually taken place -
8:42 - 8:47-- not fake news but,
real news and real events -- -
8:47 - 8:54I again categorically emphasize
with all my might and with all my mind -
8:55 - 9:03that, for example Link Campus has had
no interest and has not put me to task -
9:03 - 9:10to try to get information or intelligence
about any institution in the world. -
9:11 - 9:13There was never, never that request.
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9:14 - 9:18The request was to try to find
other institutions -
9:18 - 9:25which wish to network with the university
in terms of its expertise, -
9:25 - 9:28student experience
and of course something else, -
9:28 - 9:31creating new knowledge and research.
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9:31 - 9:37That was my underlying role and
to that role I have tried to fulfill this -
9:37 - 9:38until the very end.
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9:38 - 9:41There was never, never, any request
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9:42 - 9:45which goes beyond these bounded
-- boundaries -
9:45 - 9:50It is also important to note that if
somebody has an opinion about something -
9:50 - 9:55he should not be - if I may use the word,
crucified, for his thinking. -
9:55 - 9:59If for example I think that
this issue will happen -
9:59 - 10:04or that election will take place
with this outcome, -
10:04 - 10:09it is with the adding up of
A B C and D. -
10:09 - 10:13These might not be facts
but these might be realizations, -
10:14 - 10:19advice from friends and others:
this has been always my rule. -
10:20 - 10:26I am really at the very end now: I cannot
take this anymore unfortunately, -
10:27 - 10:35I apologize for all those that I've hurt
or that I have caused any harm in any way -
10:36 - 10:41although this has been done
in a very very very very indirect way -
10:41 - 10:45because I have never tried
to do any harm to anybody. -
10:47 - 10:49This has been my whole issue.
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10:49 - 10:57So with this I am again underlying:
I have tried to keep away -
10:58 - 11:04from any issue which might hinder
or cause difficulty to any institution. -
11:04 - 11:09This has been the role... my role
for these last two years -
11:09 - 11:11Before those two years,
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11:11 - 11:16I tried and I agree and I confirm
that I tried to network. -
11:16 - 11:21network means trying to get one think-tank
to speak to another think-tank, -
11:21 - 11:24one group of thinking
with another group of thinking -
11:24 - 11:28I have always done this all my life
since I was a child. -
11:28 - 11:33So the idea is that
where I was I try to bring harmony -
11:33 - 11:35I try to bring one group with another.
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11:35 - 11:41So sometimes I succeeded, many times
I have failed, but I have tried. -
11:42 - 11:47This comes and stems also
from my upbringing. -
11:47 - 11:50So, may I underline again, coming also
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11:51 - 11:53-- this is something
which is also important -- -
11:53 - 11:57be, coming from an area
which has always tried to bring peace -
11:57 - 12:00and always try to bring
one group with another. -
12:00 - 12:03This has been always my road.
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12:03 - 12:08I have not, not been given
any instructions by anybody, -
12:09 - 12:12I have not been forced to do something
by anybody -
12:13 - 12:17I have not been paid to do anything
by any group -
12:18 - 12:23I categorically again emphasize
that I have not been -
12:24 - 12:28with one party against another party
or with one group against another group: -
12:29 - 12:31that was not my intent
and I have never done that -
12:31 - 12:34I have of course have my own opinions
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12:34 - 12:37and I have always shown my opinions
very very clearly. -
12:37 - 12:44So it is extremely -- I have always been
super diplomatic in terms of what I do -
12:44 - 12:48and I always keep contact,
I have always kept contact -
12:48 - 12:51because for these last two years
I have had no contact -
12:51 - 12:54with anybody important or particular --
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12:54 - 12:58is that I've always tried
to keep contact with people, -
12:58 - 13:02trying to bridge with them,
trying to see how I can help. -
13:03 - 13:10It was like an experience for me trying
to see that I knew people -
13:10 - 13:13I -- they heard my voice,
they heard my advice, -
13:13 - 13:16I heard their advice
and then I made myself . -
13:16 - 13:19I showed for example to my students
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13:19 - 13:22what are the different thinking
in front of them -
13:22 - 13:24it is up to the individuals to do
that. -
13:24 - 13:28One last thing,
it is extremely important to...
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