RCMP closes probe into Arar leak without laying charges
(Ottawa Citizen) – The RCMP has closed its criminal investigation into leaks of the Maher Arar file without laying any charges, according to media reports. The criminal probe, which was dubbed...
View ArticleCanada failed tortured trio
Andrew Duffy (Ottawa Citizen) – A federal inquiry has found that Canadian officials bear some responsibility for the torture suffered by three Canadian citizens who were imprisoned in Syria and Egypt...
View ArticleThe shameful truth
Kerry Pither (Ottawa Citizen) – It’s no wonder CSIS, the RCMP and the government wanted to keep the Iacobucci inquiry so secret. Despite all the faults with the process, the inquiry’s report offers up...
View ArticleWatchdog says RCMP security work beyond his reach
Ottawa (Canadian Press) – The RCMP watchdog says he’s powerless to tell whether the Mounties have made the changes needed to prevent another Maher Arar affair. Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for...
View ArticleUN report criticizes Canada for sharing Arar information
(CBC News) – A United Nations report points to the case of Canadian Maher Arar as an example of how human rights can be jeopardized by information sharing between intelligence agencies. Sanctions...
View ArticleRCMP’s chief Arar investigator promoted to assistant commissioner
Ottawa (Canwest News Service) – The RCMP officer who led the national-security unit that provided false information on Maher Arar to U.S. authorities has been promoted to the rank of assistant...
View ArticleRCMP goes global with Maher Arar torture probe
Mitch Potter (Toronto Star) – An unprecedented RMCP probe into the Arar torture affair has gone global, with the possibility the Mounties will lay charges against U.S. and Syrian government officials...
View ArticleArar working with RCMP as it probes his overseas torture
Colin Freeze and Steven Chase, Toronto and Ottawa (Globe and Mail) – Canada’s federal police, long faulted for a role in the overseas torture of Canadian Maher Arar, appear to be trying to build a...
View ArticleIs the RCMP broken?
Andy Radia (Yahoo! News) – Mountie misbehaviour has once again reared its ugly head. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police took another hit to its beleaguered reputation this week when two female officers...
View ArticleTop Mountie delivers candid, scathing view of force at the brink
Colin Freeze (Globe and Mail) – Admitting to a culture of bullying and a legacy of botched investigations, the Mounties’ new commander says his police force faces obsolescence if it doesn’t get its act...
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