FORMER police commissioner Gary Griffith has warned that public statements about the US military radar in Tobago’s link to the drug bust in the Caroni Swamp on December 11 are undermining it’s effectiveness.

These public statements he said are “a sign of desperation” and added that the effort to justify the radar is now affecting national security – something that is completely unnecessary.

“If we continue down this road, the radar will lose its strategic advantage long before it delivers its full operational value. That would be a disservice to the public, to national security, and to the very institutions tasked with protecting this nation,” Griffith said.