ɪnðə sˈʌmɚɹ ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ wɛn hiː wʌzɐ luːtˈɛnəntkˈɜːnəl hiː ɹˈoʊt ɐ lˈiːɡəl ɹᵻvjˈuː ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː kwˈɛstʃənd ðə kəŋklˈuːʒənz əvən ɪnvˌɛstɪɡˈeɪʃən baɪ kɐnˈeɪdiən ˈɛɹboːɹn ɹˈɛdʒɪmənt bˈæɾəl ɡɹˈuːp kˈɑːl. sˈɜːdʒ lˈæb əvən ˈɪnsɪdənt lˈeɪɾɚ nˈoʊn æz ðə səmˈɑːliə ɐfˈɛɹ, wˌɛɹ tˈuː səmˈɑːliz wɜː ʃˈɑːt wˌaɪl flˈiːɪŋ fɹʌmðə kɐnˈeɪdiən kˈɑːmpaʊnd ɪn bᵻlˈɛt hjˈuːən ˌɔn mˈɑːɹtʃ fˈoːɹ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː.
In the summer of 1994 when he was a Lieutenant-Colonel he wrote a legal review in which he questioned the conclusions of an investigation by Canadian Airborne Regiment Battle Group Col. Serge Labbe of an incident later known as the Somalia Affair, where two Somalis were shot while fleeing from the Canadian compound in Belet Huen on March 4, 1993.