OttawaBrigade 888Three years ago this month it was Graeme Smith’s reporting on the treatment of Afghan detainees that pushed this issue to the...
Ottawa’Yeah, those allegations, they occurred, and we’re doing the best we can to not have them happen in our custody’Reports from today’s Military Police Complaints Commission from the Globe , Canadian Press and Sun . Richard Colvin is now...
OttawaSkipping as if towards freedomAs Canwest notes , Sgt. Carol Utton testified this week at a Military Police Complaints Commission that detainees were "delighted"...
OttawaStephen Harper and AfghanistanThe Globe puts forward a rather remarkable account of Stephen Harper’s thinking on Afghanistan. The Prime Minister’s last major...
Ottawa’If there are specific problems’The Prime Minister responds to last night’s CBC report. For the record, a pair of Mr. Harper’s ministers assured the House late...
OttawaThe riskCBC gets hold of a summer 2009 warning about Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security. Terry Milewski’s full report is here...
Ottawa"How to End the War in Afghanistan"Little insight from Ottawa, so turn to David Miliband’s latest essay for some clarity
OttawaSecrecy and inconsistencyThe Hill Times finds a relevant e-mail in last week’s pile of detainee documents.
OttawaRedacted, unredacted, reredactedAs I have detailed at some length , there exists a 2006 field report that references the abuse of a detainee transfered by...
Ottawa’The Government wishes to provide members with the information that is necessary for them to perform their duty of holding the Government to account’The press gallery has provided an electronic copy of the documents tabled today. I’ve only flipped through the first half...