[news] Testimony at Arar Inquiry Paints Disturbing Picture

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"(Maher) Arar is the Syrian-born Canadian computer engineer arrested by U.S. authorities in October 2002, while changing planes in New York. He was interrogated, accused of terrorism and secretly deported to Syria to be jailed and tortured....The Americans acted against Arar only because Canadian intelligence agencies placed his name on a terrorist watch list....The (Royal Canadian Mounted Police - RCMP, Canada's national police force) discussed the Arar case with U.S. authorities while he was still in custody in New York....The RCMP and the (Canadian Security Intelligence Service - CSIS, Canada's 'Spy' agency), it appears, were far more forthcoming with Washington than they were with their own government."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/6/6/204728/7689