Arar

I usually do not quote or link to The Toronto Star, but today they have an Op/Ed piece on the CSIS that mirrors many of my reactions to Jack Hooper's testimony in the Arar inquiry. More than just the CSIS, however, I have even more problem with the Foreign Affair Ministry, the minister responsible for the CSIS and indeed the Prime Minister. What is the foreign affairs department afraid of the CSIS? What power does the CSIS have that we don’t know about that make diplomats afraid of their displeasures? Is the minister responsible for the CSIS blind? Or, did she orchestrate the whole thing? What was Chrétien doing? Did he know anything? Who was running the show anyway?