Maher Arar is one unlucky Canadian. He caught the attention of police and security services who were investigating acquaintances of his, then found himself being detained by American officials in 2002 on suspicion of terrorism.
He was bundled off to his native Syria where he says he was tortured.
He denies any wrongdoing, and is suing the Canadian and American governments to clear his name, as Mr. Justice Dennis O'Connor conducts a public inquiry into these murky goings-on. But the public has met with a stone wall at every turn.
Two weeks ago Ottawa gave O'Connor an 89-page report on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's involvement, but blacked out every word in the "public" version. This week Justice department lawyer Barbara McIsaac acknowledged "more was redacted than ought to have been redacted." A new version is being prepared. We can't wait. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have also done a report we can't see.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1089151810063&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795And the government just got re-elected in a minority position and they say that they have heard the people and they have to be humble!
Just one week and back to the old shell game.