Jive Talking

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This, from current US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins, on the extraordinary rendition of Marer Arar almost makes one pine for the the good ol' days of Mr. Cellucci:

As described by Canadian Press reporter Jim Brown, Mr. Wilkins "seemed puzzled" when asked if his government had regrets about the Arar affair. "You talking about regrets by the United States? The United States made that decision [to deport Arar] based on the facts it had, in the best interests of the people of the United States, and we stand behind it."

In other words, screw habeus corpus, not to mention international law.

After all, you kidnap people and deliver them to dictatorships for torture based on the facts you have, not the facts you wished you had.

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