This is from the Globe and Mail. The Inquiry shows little inclination to provide even the slightest information about what is going on. The last update for What's New on the official website was in April. Absolutely nothing about what they are doing since except a May report about procedures.
The entire process is anything but transparent. You are to trust these--probably well paid-- operatives from Torys LLP and that is the end of it. There will not be a thing said that could help any of the three Muslim Canadians involved to clear their names. This might enable them to sue or ask for compensation! Everything will be dealt with secretly and kept under wraps supposedly for national security but in actuality for the security of the intelligence system and the government.
Open up secret inquiry: Amnesty International
The Canadian Press
October 9, 2007 at 1:07 PM EDT
Ottawa — Human rights groups are calling on the Conservative government to open up a secretive inquiry into allegations by three Arab-Canadians that they were tortured abroad with the possible complicity of Canadian police and security officers.
Alex Neve of Amnesty International says his group and a coalition of others have sent a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging him to take action.
The inquiry, headed by former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, has been conducted almost entirely behind closed doors for the last nine months.
Mr. Neve says he doesn't want Harper to put pressure on Mr. Justice Iacobucci, who is supposed to be running an independent investigation.
But he does want the prime minister to ensure government counsel are less secretive, so key documents can be released and key witnesses heard in public.
At issue are the cases of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin, who say they were tortured in Syria or Egypt about allegations of terrorist links. They deny any such ties and suspect the RCMP and CSIS may have been complicit in their ordeals.
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