U.S. rejects outside probe of Canadian man's rendition to Syria?
US refusing inspections and outside investigations into possible human rights abuses? time for invasion and regime change?
"U.S. officials may have sent Arar to Syria, rather than Canada, because they knew of the likelihood of torture...
Mukasey said U.S. officials received assurances from Syria that Arar would not be tortured. "Sending him to Canada could have posed a threat to our country," Mukasey said, adding that sending him to Syria was "safer."
Maria LaHood, an attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, which represents Arar in the United States, replied, "Sending Maher to Syria instead of home to Canada was certainly not safer for him, and did nothing to make the United States safer."...The Canadian government has cleared Arar of any links to terrorist groups, has apologized and has paid him millions of dollars in compensation. "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/wl_canada_nm/canada_usa_security_arar_col_1
no one thinks we should liberate the american people from their human rights abusing leaders who refuse to cooperate with investigations?
thanks tamara, i was aware of this heinous policy of sending people to places where we know they will be tortured and i have meant to see the movie rendition but haven't gotten around to it. thanks for the recommendation! have you seen errol morris's new documentary standard operating procedure about abu ghraib? i've read great reviews.