I’ve been trying to find a topic to write about these past two weeks, but haven’t found something that really inspired me into outrage. I’ve just become too jaded. There have been stories of incompetence and abuse of authority – the rising aviation accident death rate due to Transport Canada’s refusal to act as a [...]
The Afghan detainee scandal dies, while petty scandals are given full inquiries
About two weeks ago, with hardly anyone noticing, the federal government announced that it was ending the review of Afghan detainee documents. This essentially brings the scandal to an end. The review of documents was initiated after whistleblower and diplomat Richard Colvin testified in Parliamentary committee that senior government officials knew that Afghan prisoners of [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/07/07/the-afghan-detainee-scandal-dies-while-petty-scandals-are-given-full-inquiries/
Afghan detainee issue goes international
This story hardly got any notice when it appeared in The Star almost two weeks ago, when the election was entering its home stretch. But it should have, because there is the potential that elected officials, bureaucrats and soldiers could end up in the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The court is getting impatient [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/05/09/media-update-for-may-9-2011/
