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On the subject of Maher Arar, I encourage everyone to reaad this article from CBC News. It is truly chilling how this man was treated by U.S. Authorities. It's important to note that he has never been charged with any crime in any country. As far as I know, our Attorney General has addressed the matter only through a spokesman: "Mr. Ashcroft assured us that from his perspective the decisions were made ... within the context of the laws within the United States and feels that there were no laws broken." I suppose he's right. There probably is no specific statute requring simple human decency in the conduct of an investigation. I mean being under investigation is just like being guilty isn't it? It saddens me how readily some americans will abandon traditions like due process and "innocent until proven guility."