Posted by admin on Jul 2nd, 2009
July 02, 2009. Michelle Shephard. Toronto Star
A Federal Court judge said revelations that Canada’s spy service mishandled evidence in the terrorism case of a Syrian refugee is of “great concern to the court” and could affect the outcome of the case. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service admitted it failed to disclose evidence that a confidential informant was “deceptive” when answering questions. A second source cited in the government’s case against Hassan Almrei was not subjected to a lie-detector test, contrary to what the agency had claimed in court documents.
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Posted by admin on Jun 23rd, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009, The Canadian Press
The Federal Court of Canada has ruled the search of a suspected terrorist’s home violated his constitutional rights and ordered the Canada Border Services Agency to return everything it seized. In a 24-page decision released Tuesday, Justice Simon Noel says the May 12 raid violated the charter rights of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee whom the Canadian Security Intelligence Service accuses of having ties to terrorist organizations.
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Posted by admin on Jun 4th, 2009
June 04, 2009. Tonda MacCharles. Toronto Star
OTTAWA–A federal judge has blasted a heavy-handed search by border agents of Mohamed Harkat’s home less than three weeks before the government’s case into deporting the alleged terror suspect was to be heard. “I just find the exercise went really far. Dogs? Explosives? Guns? … I just found the whole thing blew up. It appears out of proportion,†Justice Simon Noel told a federal lawyer yesterday.
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Posted by admin on May 29th, 2009
*ADIL CHARKAOUI* speaks in Vancouver on Security Certificates and Secret Trials.The Canadian state’s complicity in the torture of Maher Arar is viewed as exceptional in Canada. Unfortunately it isn’t.
Friday June 26th @ 6:30 PM. Rooms 1420-1430. SFU Harbour Centre (515 West Hastings. Limited seating, please arrive early to guarantee seating. Sliding scale $0-20 (pay what you can)
” What is a security certificate?
A security certificate,
It’s the right to be treated outside the law
It’s two-speed justice
It’s precedent for secret trials…
It’s contact visits with no contact
It’s the glass that separates you from loved ones,
It’s deadlock, solitude; it’s breathing corruption…
It’s the guilt of being born elsewhere…
It’s human folly clothed as wisdom.
It’s me today, maybe you tomorrow! ”
-Â Excerpt of poem by Adil Charkaoui, translated from French
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Posted by admin on May 28th, 2009
By Jim Brown, May 28, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge is raising questions about whether Canada’s spy agency has been withholding information and lying to the court in its effort to deport terrorist suspect Mohamed Harkat. In a toughly worded judgment released Wednesday, Justice Simon Noel said the “troubling situation” casts doubt on the good faith of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
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