The head of the International Red Cross is reported to have met with Peter MacKay, Gordon O’Connor and Stockwell Day in the fall of 2006.
More memos from 2006, more concerns about Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees.
It was suggested during QP yesterday that some sort of apology to the House might now be in order. Here, for the sake of comparison, is the statement Gordon O’Connor, Peter MacKay’s predecessor as minister of national defence, made in the House on Mar. 19, 2007, after it was confirmed that statements he had made were not accurate.
Canadian Press gains access to internal documents and finds talking points, expressed concerns and wrangling over contingencies.
This government won’t stand for attacks against civil servants
Here, via some very rudimentary technical skills, is KANDH-0032 isolated from yesterday’s package of documents. Much of whatever Richard Colvin reported in his early memos is obscured, but of those that were said to deal with the “treatment” of detainees, this is perhaps the least redacted.