RCMP raids Ottawa newspaper as part of probe into Arar case

[Newsjock]

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/21/arar040121

OTTAWA - RCMP officers raided the home and offices of an Ottawa Citizen journalist on Wednesday as part of a criminal investigation into leaks in the case of Maher Arar.

"I cannot really comment on the specific details of the investigation," said RCMP Sgt. Jocelyn Mimeault, who acknowledged that search warrants were executed but have been sealed.

Mimeault said police were conducting an investigation into an alleged breach of the Security of Information Act by reporter Juliet O'Neill. The Act makes it illegal to communicate leaked secret documents.

... The search warrants come as Arar, a Canadian citizen who says he was tortured after being deported to a Syrian prison by the United States, is set to launch a lawsuit against American officials.

... U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is among the American officials expected to be named in the lawsuit.

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[J B]

1. Keep in mind for what nation on whose behalf that law exists.

Come on. Three guesses.