UncategorizedThe pivotal paperwork (III)Still pursuing an answer from National Defence for the redacted reference to abuse in that 2006 field report . In the...
Uncategorized’Why do you want to know?’More memos from 2006, more concerns about Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees.
UncategorizedWhen the going gets toughThe Prime Minister is rumoured to be considering the reset button.
UncategorizedCompromise or confrontationLast week, Susan Delacourt suggested some sort of compromise might get us past Parliament’s demand for Afghan detainee...
UncategorizedWarnings then and now (II)Peter MacKay acknowledges the demoralizing effect of detainee mismanagement, dismisses the suggestion his government didn’t do...
UncategorizedWarnings then and nowCanadian Press delves deeper into what Canada did, or didn’t, do about Asadullah Khalid, a notorious Afghan governor. The former...
Uncategorized’I haven’t followed it’Rick Hillier declines to comment on this week’s events. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and General Walter Natynczyk have...
GeneralMeanwhile, over in AfghanistanOn Thursday, the government vewy vewy quietly tabled its quarterly report on how things are going over there. The short answer:...
GeneralUp the Docs: Call for proposalsI spent the last few days wandering around the Hill chatting with some of the few MPs who hadn’t made a beeline for the airport...
UncategorizedThe pivotal paperwork (II)The most recent word, received just now from an official at National Defence, is that a response to the question raised yesterday...