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Justice Tremblay-Lamer of the Federal Court has quashed the controversial case against Adil Charkaoui, the alleged terrorist detained on a security certificate.
In his 2004 case before the Federal Court, the government made submissions that his interest in karate could infer his involvement in terrorism,
[50]To add to the demonstration of danger to national security and to any person, the Ministers link the respondent with violence and explain that he is a karate and martial arts enthusiast, and add that (see page 5, exhibit R-3):
[translation] In the past, it has been observed that some individuals involved with Al-Qaeda are devoted to the practice of karate and/or the martial arts. In particular Ziard Jarrah, who was part of the group that hijacked American Airlines Flight 93, (sic) had trained in the martial arts in preparation for the September 11, 2001 operation.
[51]The Ministers expressly and unequivocally associate the respondent with a sleeper agent in the bin Laden network and use Ressam’s story as a typical example.
[emphasis added]
All those with even a peripheral interest in martial arts should take notice, especially since no such flight on 9/11 even existed.
The Charkaoui case has been yet another one pointed to by critics of the shoddy research and baseless allegations used against vulnerable populations, who repeatedly are determined innocent by the courts.
Try again?
Third security certificate is double jeopardy, court told
Mahmoud Jaballah was first detained under a security certificate in 1999. He was released after the courts found the certificate to be unreasonable. Jaballah was re-arrested in 2001 under a new certificate. He was released in 2008 after the Supreme Court struck down the security certificate law. After Parliament passed a new law, the government signed a third certificate against Jaballah.
Brendan Kennedy writes for the Toronto Start:
[Jaballah's lawyer] argued in court that proceedings against Jaballah should be stayed, because there was no new evidence to justify the second and third certificates.
“The essence of the allegations against Mr. Jaballah, and the nature of the proceedings remain unchanged from 1999 to today,” he said in court.
Ottawa abandons case against Charkaoui
Divisive terror law losing traction
Can we trust secret evidence, often borrowed from foreign countries, to throw people out of Canada?
Colin Freeze explains the security certificates:
… federal ministers sign off on a certificate after viewing secret CSIS information, which allows officials to immediately jail, and eventually deport, a non-citizen.
The “intelligence” used to do this is disclosed to judges but never fully revealed to the accused, drawn as it usually is from secret agents and wiretaps, sometimes placed within Canada but also frequently “loaned” from foreign governments on condition that the provenance be kept secret.
Charkaoui: the name every Canadian law student knows
Charkaoui, however, is the legal star of the five. He’s won two Supreme Court challenges and, as he gradually demolished Ottawa’s case against him, managed to make the government look like an idiot.
Kenney’s Canada: Who’s in, who’s out and who is getting kicked out
By Krystalline Kraus
Published on rabble.ca (http://www.rabble.ca), reproduced here on author’s request
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney have the political power to decide who they want to let into Canada and who they want to keep out.
