But he also ruled that the remaining information be kept secret on the grounds it would be harmful and that the public interest is best served by keeping it confidential.
Because of the nature of the information being contested, Judge NoIl issued a separate, non-public judgment yesterday, detailing for lawyers on both sides what information should be disclosed and why.
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Judge Lifts Lid On Secret Arar File
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Business as usual. Read no further. End of story.
Only what they want to release. Not even a start of a story.
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"At issue are 1,500 words the government ordered Arar commissioner Justice Dennis O'Connor to excise from his September public report because of national security concerns. That despite the judge's insistence that the information posed no such threat, an opinion supported by Reid Morden, former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
The court action was launched by the federal government under Section 38 of the Canada Evidence Act, which allows the government to keep secret "potentially injurious ... sensitive" information related to national security, dealings with foreign governments and defence."
1500 words isn't even a page.
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Not even the right headline either.
Yeah, the Judge lifts lid on secret Arar file alright, but won't let the hopelessly blind denizens of a supposedly free and open society take a peek - a slap in the face after the government royally screwed over one of its own subjects.
The Judge of course is under the employ of the government he is protecting, so no big surprise with the judgment.
One can also ask for protection under the Act if self incriminating. I wonder if the wrong section has been applied.
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