On adverse inferences

Not that we're ever lacking for reasons to doubt the constant stream of self-serving spin from the federal Cons. But surely it can't speak well to their credibility when they're suppressing the only evidence that could possibly support their already-implausible public posturing:

The government website's partisan and personal promotion of Mr. Harper became an issue in the autumn of 2009, when The Canadian Press reported that the site was plastered with literally dozens of Harper photos.

After critics lampooned the site's self-aggrandizing appearance, many of the Harper photos disappeared.

The PMO claimed no photos had been removed, and even issued talking points to MPs and supporters citing The Canadian Press story as “false.” Prominent party supporters claimed the site was simply undergoing routine technical revisions.

If it was routine site maintenance, the government does not want Canadians to know. An access request asking what happened to the missing photos elicited a two-page, internal explanation from PCO technicians – a response that was entirely blacked out before it was released.