GOMERY WITNESS SAYS LIFE WAS THREATENED

So I'm watching the CBC evening news at six with Ian Hanomansing, and he's interviewing Christina Lawand on today's testimony at the Gomery inquiry, and in the middle of it she says that Daniel Dezainde, the former director-general of the Liberal party in Quebec, testified -- near tears -- that he'd had his life threatened. Pause. Previously, he'd testified that he'd been introduced to Joe Morselli, Alfonso Gagliano's pal, by his predecessor Benoit Corbeil, who told him, "he's the boss -- the real boss," or words to that effect. And: "Don't cross him." Well, Christina chirped, apparently sometime later he did cross him. I only caught the last part of the interview, so perhaps they'd been talking about it incessantly beforehand. But at no time after Lawand let slip this thunderbolt did I hear Hanomansing say, "What?" or "WHAT" or "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?" It just seemed to pass without comment. Oh, of course. The former director-general of the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec testified under oath that his life had been threatened. Did I mishear? Am I crazy? Doesn't anyone else think this is huge? UPDATE: Here's the CP version, starting at paragraph 13:

Dezainde's appearance at the inquiry also took a dramatic turn when he broke down in tears after mentioning an alleged threat by an associate of then-public works minister Alfonso Gagliano during a spat over underground party fundraising. The witness lost his composure after explaining how the party finances at Montreal headquarters had been "taken hostage'' by Gagliano associates, including aide Joe Morselli. Dezainde said Morselli blew a gasket in July 2001 after Dezainde refused to rehire a fundraiser fired days earlier for lobbying government departments, in writing, on party letterhead. Dezainde said Morselli confronted him in the canteen of the Montreal office and pointed a finger centimetres from his face. "He said, 'From here on in, I declare war against you,''' recalled Dezainde. He said he immediately reported the incident to Gagliano, who blamed the incident on Morselli's bad temper and promised to have words with his confidant. Dezainde broke down as he recalled telling friends and family about the tense moment. Presiding judge John Gomery, just before ordering a break in the proceedings, asked him: "You considered this to be a threat of physical violence?'' Dezainde replied: "Yes.''