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Key Democrat [Sen. Patrick Leahy] wants U.S. to answer to Maher Arar
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 20, 2006 07:29am |
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| News Date | Dec 20, 2006 07:00am |
| Description | A powerful U.S. Democrat says Maher Arar has the right to now why he is still on an American watch list and barred from entering the United States.
Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, the incoming chair of a Senate judiciary committee, told the Toronto Star newspaper that he plans on summoning U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before American legislators to demand answers.
Canadian authorities have taken responsibility for their part in Arar's 2002 rendition to Syria, Leahy said, adding that it's now the Bush administration's turn to redress the wrong.
"The Canadian government has now documented that the wrong thing was done to the wrong man," Leahy told the Star in an interview.
"It is time for the (Bush) administration to do what it can to redress this wrong, instead of perpetuating it." |
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