Punish Canadians in alleged torture case
Re “Deportation to Syria Backed,” Sept. 20
What bothers me about the Maher Arar case is not so much the incompetence and violations of policy by Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A mistake can be understood.
What bothers me is the acquiescence, by the Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service and the Foreign Affairs ministry, in the kidnapping and torture of a Canadian citizen by the U.S. and Syria.
All the Canadian officials involved should at least lose their jobs and at most face charges of conspiracy to torture. These people have moral flaws that will take a lifetime to correct.
TOM TROTTIER
Ottawa, Canada
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