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Tag Archives: U.S. State Department
Keystone XL: Two conflicting truths
Short version: It’s complicated
Keystone XL: a timeline
The pipeline was once expected to be operational as early as 2008
U.S. rejects Keystone XL pipeline
White House: Congressional deadline torpedoed State Dept. approval
Hey there, CBC, glad you could finally make it.
The CBC catches up with a story Maclean’s broke more than a year and a half ago.
‘Commonplace among the the majority of law enforcement institutions’
As the Star notes, the U.S. State Department has released its annual human rights reports for the countries of the world, including Afghanistan.
The Colvin encyclopedia
A collection of documents, testimony and news reports related to Richard Colvin and Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees. The Colvin encyclopedia is updated as events warrant.
The standard of proof
In QP this morning, John Baird explained, in part, the government’s unwillingness to put its faith in Mr. Colvin’s testimony as follows.
The prologue
In spring 2007, the Globe’s Graeme Smith conducted 30 interviews with detainees and documented various allegations of abuse after they were transferred from Canadian to Afghan authorities. Paul Koring subsequently reported that the Harper government was warned of mistreatment. Months later, Smith reported that Canada had lost track of at least 50 detainees due to poor record-keeping. In November of that year, Canada temporarily halted transfers.
Hosted by terrorists?
An organization in Ottawa’s bad books wined and dined Canadian politicians