[news] The Arar case: Too secretive, but we can't say why

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"Last year, Arar commissioner Mr. Justice Dennis O'Connor appointed Ronald Atkey as amicus curiae (friend of the court) at the Arar investigation. Mr. Atkey -- a lawyer, former cabinet minister and first chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee -- was asked to test the federal government's request to limit disclosure at the investigation on grounds of national security. Civil-rights groups say Ottawa and the commission are limiting disclosure too zealously. What follows is adapted from Mr. Atkey's submissions to the commission on May 3."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/7/201034/5025