A judge has released new, previously-classified information he says shows CSIS played an indirect role in the mistreatment of a Canadian man detained in Egypt after Sept. 11.
Nearly a year and a half has passed since Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci released his final report into the cases of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin – three Canadian men detained abroad and allegedly tortured.
In a supplemental report released today, Judge Iacobucci writes that there was some information he wanted to release in his October, 2008, report but the government prevented disclosure on national security grounds. After fighting that decision, he is now able to release that new material.
It shows that in June of 2002, CSIS officials sent a message to the Egyptians stating that Mr. Elmaati could possibly have been involved in a plan to commit a terrorist act in Canada. Officials with the agency then travelled to Egypt with a list of prepared questions.
Judge Iacobucci’s report states that CSIS officials confirmed they did not ask about Mr. Elmaati’s well-being and did not consider human rights to be their responsibility.
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Notes:
Call me “unsympathetic”!
Maybe I should be a judge — somewhat along the lines of Judge “Roy Bean“.
Heh…
No doubt all three came here as refugees who claimed they could never EVER return to their homelands for fear of death, torture or some form of persecution. Then, as soon as they got their hot little hands on Canadian citizenship and a passport, it’s practically straight to the nearest airport and off they go back where they claimed they never could. There are very serious reasons why no other western country, or any other country in the world for that matter, emulates Canada in this regard. Canada’s immigration laws and regulations are designed putting Canada’s best interests first and foremost. There is no valid reason for our refugee system not to be also. If they were these 3 would be a non-issue as in poof! So would have been others like Omar Khadar, and Maher Arar……
The name says it all, BTDT. It’s the “Immigrant and Refugee Protection Act” and that’s exactly what it does.