MPs order release of Afghan torture documents

Political | 206685 hits | Dec 11 9:09 am | Posted by: ridenrain

The Liberals narrowly pushed through a motion in the Commons on Thursday that forces Harper's government to release waves of unedited documents so that Parliament can examine whether Afghan prisoners detained by Canadian forces were subject to torture whe

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by ridenrain
Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:19 pm
According to Canada's top spy, CSIS head Richard B. Fadden, Canadians are suckers for terrorists. In a speech to a conference of about 300 security and intelligence specialists in Ottawa, Fadden said "those accused of terrorist offences often portrayed in media as quasi-folk heroes." The kid-glove treatment of terrorist suspects was especially prevalent in the case of the Toronto 18, Fadden said, with the accused often being portrayed as bumbling, misguided youths. The CSIS chief further argued the tension between anti-terror security measures and individual freedoms is exaggerated by a "loose partnership of single-issue NGOs, advocacy journalists and lawyers." "It is a peculiar position," he said, "given that terrorism is the ultimate attack on liberties."
by Akhenaten
Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:23 pm
Good. I'm glad. Let's take a look. It better be much much much (much) worse than the Arar case or the Liberals will finally put the last nail in their own coffin.
by ridenrain
Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:27 pm
Talk about cutting off a nose to spite your face.

We should do an East Anglia data clean up.
That seems acceptable to some folks.

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