▁lost ▁money ▁in ▁the ▁deal . ▁N BC ▁News ▁interview ed ▁vict ims ▁of ▁J aff e ' s ▁alleg ed ▁fra ud , ▁one ▁of ▁whom ▁also ▁expressed ▁anger ▁at ▁Sh ult z ' ▁invol vement , ▁stating , ▁" This ▁man ▁has ▁sw ind led ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁people ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁money , ▁and ▁Washington ▁is ▁sitting ▁up ▁there . ▁They ▁don ' t ▁feel ▁it ; ▁they ▁don ' t ▁care ." ▁The ▁Montreal ▁Gazette ▁spec ulated ▁in ▁an ▁editor ial ▁that ▁Sh ult z ' s ▁inter vention ▁was ▁related ▁to ▁Canada ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁permit ▁U . S . ▁cru ise ▁miss ile ▁testing ▁on ▁its ▁soil . ▁ ▁Charles ▁Cole ▁of ▁Canada ' s ▁Department ▁of ▁External ▁Affairs ▁emphas ised ▁in ▁media ▁comments ▁that ▁his ▁government ' s ▁motion ▁had ▁nothing ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁its ▁opinion ▁of ▁whether ▁J aff e ▁was ▁innoc ent ▁or ▁guilty , ▁but ▁rather ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁fundamental ▁principle ▁of ▁international ▁law ▁that ▁foreign ▁agents ▁could ▁not ▁simply ▁enter ▁another ▁so ver eign ▁country ▁and ▁se ize ▁a ▁person ▁as ▁they ▁pleased . ▁Canadian ▁diplom ats ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁b ount y ▁hun ters ▁who ▁seized ▁J aff e ▁were ▁not ▁merely ▁private ▁actors ▁but ▁had ▁received ▁assistance ▁from ▁Florida ▁state ▁officials . ▁Professor ▁Ger ald ▁Morris ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Toronto , ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Law ▁Association , ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁V ancouver ▁Sun ▁described ▁J aff e ' s ▁actions ▁as