Can you blame people if their response to this kind of news is cynicism? CSIS tapped phone despite order Agents violated solicitor-client privilege, recorded 171 calls involving accused terrorist By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen…
Judge orders CSIS to hand over file Bill Curry writes for the Globe: The Federal Court is ordering Canada’s spy agency to disclose a second human source in the Mohamed Harket case, an exceptional decision…
Judge formally strikes down security certificate against Charkaoui Charkaoui is a landed immigrant who was arrested in Montreal in 2003 under security-certificate legislation that allows Canada to expel foreign-born individuals if they are considered a…
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…
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…
Six years in legal labyrinth 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…
