Arar inquiry shrouded in secrecy

[struggle4progress]

Jim Brown
Canadian Press
Thursday, September 08, 2005

<snip> As lawyers prepare for closing arguments Monday, it's anybody's guess what Justice Dennis O'Connor will make of the mountain of evidence facing him.

O'Connor, who got his marching orders in February 2004 and started hearings in June of the same year, has sifted through thousands of pages of documents and sat through testimony from more than 40 witnesses.

He's hoping to deliver a report by the end of 2005 -- but it will be an interim one, not his final word. <snip>

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