CSIS Grilled At Arar Hearing

The assertion was greeted with skepticism by Paul Cavalluzzo, chief counsel to the inquiry, who challenged Hooper at virtually every turn. Cavalluzzo noted, for example, that CSIS: Never directly contacted Syrian intelligence officials to correct the impression they held that Canada didn’t really want Arar back. Advised Wayne Easter, the minister responsible at the time for security matters, not to join then-foreign minister Bill Graham in sending a letter to Damascus appealing for Arar’s repatriation. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1124965137667&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on August 29, 2005]

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