Uncategorized’Detaining the local yokels and handing them off’The CBC reviews testimony from the MPCC hearings that indicates Canadian Forces were pressured by Ottawa to transfer detainees as...
UncategorizedKANDH-0032Here , via some very rudimentary technical skills, is KANDH-0032 isolated from yesterday’s package of documents. Much of whatever...
UncategorizedWeekend readingThe Canadian Press tries to make sense of Peter MacKay’s admission that the government had concerns about the treatment of Afghan...
UncategorizedWhat do we know for now?In lieu of Richard Colvin’s memos, there is, again, Richard Colvin’s affidavit and what he says there about those memos. In that...
UncategorizedMore e-mails, more questionsRichard Colvin indicates at least some of his reports were sent directly to the Foreign Affairs Minister’s office, while internal...
UncategorizedThe burden of proofAs noted , the government’s present stance, as articulated by Defence Minister Peter MacKay, is as follows: “There has never...
UncategorizedAbout those times the transfers were haltedThe government has released a statement to explain General Walter Natynczyk’s disclosure that transfers have been stopped more...
UncategorizedWhat they said (II)In the first few months of 2007, the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan was discussed during 14 sessions of Question Period:...
UncategorizedBroken telephoneSpeaking about the process of notification around detainee transfers, Richard Colvin testified on Wednesday that "when the Red...