Canada Won't Use "Waterboard" Evidence
Canada seems to be popping up regularly in issues that affect U.S. politics these days.
Newsweek reports that 'The Canadian government is no longer using evidence gained from CIA interrogations of a top Al Qaeda detainee who was waterboarded."
According to the documents obtained by Newsweek, Canadian security officials "quietly withdrew ... statements by alleged Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah from public papers outlining the case against two alleged terror 'sleeper' operatives in Ottawa and Montreal."
The move, which so far has received no public attention, is the latest sign of potential international fallout from the CIA's recent confirmation that it waterboarded a handful of high-profile Al Qaeda suspects in 2002 and 2003. The use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques were approved by the Bush White House and Justice Department.
A spokesman for Canada's public safety ministry, which oversees the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said he had no comment on the specifics of the case, since it was before the courts. But the spokemen then added: "The CSIS director has stated publicly that torture is morally repugnant and not particularly reliable. CSIS does not knowingly use information which has been obtained through torture."
3:37 PM ET | 03- 6-2008 | permalink
