Doug's Dynamic Drivel

Today I am bitterly disappointed in, and ashamed of, my country, and particularly in the RCMP and CSIS. They framed, whether deliberately or not, three innocent men: Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou El-Maati, and Muayyed Nureddin

As always Canada’s mother corp the CBC does a good job on reporting this. Here’s an excerpt but do read the whole thing.

The federal government announced on Dec. 12, 2006, that it was launching an independent inquiry into the cases of three Canadians who allege they were tortured while imprisoned in Syria. All three — Abdullah Almalki, Muayyed Nureddin and Ahmad El Maati — had earlier called for an inquiry like that held in the similar case of Maher Arar. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said the inquiry for the three men was focused on finding out whether their detentions resulted from the actions of Canadian officials and whether Canadian consular officials acted appropriately in the cases. Former Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci was chosen to lead the inquiry.

I think the commission took the easy way out by stating that the RCMP and CSIS were just doing their job:

“I found no evidence that any of these officials were seeking to do anything other than carry out conscientiously the duties and responsibilities of the institutions of which they were a part,” wrote Iacobucci in his report.

I bet. After Maher Arar they should have been ever more vigilant about ensuring they really were dealing with terrorists before labeling them as such. Clearly that did not happen here.

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