That Lindhout and Boyle were recklessly irresponsible (stupid) to put themselves in those situations is pointing out the obvious. That's easy. No one is disputing that.
The difficult question became how to get these naive adventurists out, alive.
Lindhout's mother,  herself a victim of her daughter's stupidity, is only revealing some very questionable RCMP tactics. Repeatedly lying to mom, as if she had no rights in the affair, tops the list. 
The RCMP does the best it can, with good intentions. But sometimes they screw up. Such is life.
Let's hope both sides can learn from this.