RCMP should end use of Tasers: Zaccardelli

While much of the former RCMP commisioner's interview with CBC apparently focused on the denying of information to CSIS and the RCMP during the Arar investigation, Guiliano Zaccardelli also said it was time to...

New RCMP boss helped censor Arar report

Placed under 'crime' intentionally."New RCMP boss helped censor Arar report COLIN FREEZE AND CAMPBELL CLARK From Saturday's Globe and Mail August 11, 2007 at 12:52 AM EDT TORONTO, OTTAWA — The civilian appointed to lead Canada's national police into a new era of...

Let’s keep this quiet

A retired Mountie recently stunned a Commons committee with revelations that as recently as last month, RCMP brass had been involved in altering, censoring, hiding and even pilfering official documents to thwart...

Harper Cops Out

"Despite the cash settlement and the official apology from the New Government of Canada, it wasn't our fault it was that other government, what Harper would not do is clean house in the RCMP and CSIS of those who are directly responsible for what happened to Arar."

Irony Thy Name is Zaccardelli

"Ironically, Zaccardelli is the only federal official who has offered a public apology to Arar for his treatment. The government has refused to do so, pending negotiations on financial compensation."

Conservative Cold Warriors

" The Harpocrites are reimagining themselves as warriors in the Cold War. Someone should tell them that particular period of history is over. Ottawa is moving swiftly to deport an alleged Russian spy arrested in a Montreal airport, by issuing a rarely used national security...

RCMP Terror

"Secrecy law quashed, RCMP admonished An Ontario judge struck down a federal official secrets law yesterday, saying that the RCMP tried to use it to intimidate an Ottawa journalist into revealing who had leaked her material in the Maher Arar affair."

Gosh Shucks

" "I also shared in that letter with (Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff) that as we had taken that particular step, I would sure appreciate if they would do the same." Day: US asked to clear Arar as security threat He forgot to add the giggle, and hayseed 'Gosh...

Yes or No

"The Harpocrites have a hard time with simple questions. Like ones that simply need a Yes or No answer."

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