From: David Reevely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Politech] Canadian cops raid reporter's home in probe over leaks [fs]
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:54:05 -0500
To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Canadian government today announced plans to review the section of the federal Security of Information Act that allowed the raid:
http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/CCP/view/en/index.cfm?articleid=76049&;
It's in the last paragraph. The search warrants used in the O'Neill case reportedly cited Section 4 of the act as the applicable law in the investigation.
The Arar case itself calls into question the Canadian government's anti-terrorism activities since 9-11; calling a public inquiry into what happened to the guy is roughly the Canadian equivalent of having a special committee of Congress looking into the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/index.html
The inquiry into the Canadian government's role in Arar's deportation to Syria is arguably a direct result of the public outcry over the RCMP raids on Juliet O'Neill's office and home.
Full disclosure: I used to work for the newspaper O'Neill works for, and still write for it as a freelancer.
Best,
David
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