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Consultant with suspicious footprints ends up on Harper's agenda

B efore he became a diplomatic concern, Tahawwur Hussain Rana advertised himself as a “world-famous immigration consultant.” That was last year, when the Pakistani-Canadian businessman was just an unknown father of three, who worked out of Chicago while ...

From TU THANH HA AND COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Tahawwur Hussain Rana,  Stephen Harper,  Manmohan Singh,  David Headley

Ottawa aiding India in Mumbai massacre probe

C anada is helping investigators in India with their probe of the Mumbai massacre, and the possible involvement of a Canadian in one of the worst terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001. Counterterrorism agencies in New Delhi are seeking information from ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lashkar-e-Taiba,  Al-Qaeda,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Tahawwur Hussain Rana,  David Headley

U.S. judges dismiss Arar lawsuit over fears of unveiling state secrets

In Canada, the Arar affair spawned a lengthy judicial inquiry that probed state secrets. The findings led to a multimillion-dollar compensation package for a citizen unlawfully imprisoned overseas. In the United States, judges have determined that ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency,  Maher Arar,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

Maher Arar's U.S. lawsuit rejected

Maher Arar and other victims of U.S. “extraordinary rendition” policies have no recourse to sue Washington for torture suffered overseas unless lawmakers first vote to allow such suits, an appellate court has ruled. “Our ruling does not preclude ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Maher Arar,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

Top Mountie calls for more money to fight terrorism

C anada's top Mountie wants his police force to be the lead federal agency for terrorism investigations. And he is calling upon the Conservatives to pony up for police probes that can put terrorists in jail. In a rare speech, RCMP Commissioner William ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Hezbollah

CSIS head: Canadians blind to threat posed by terrorists

C anadians are blind to the threat posed by terrorists who publicly espouse their rights while privately believing in nothing but “nihilism and death,” Canada's new spy chief says. “We have a serious blind spot as a country,” said Dick Fadden, who was ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

New count added against Canadian charged in newspaper plot

U .S prosecutors are throwing the book at a Pakistani-Canadian accused of participating in an international terrorism conspiracy to murder Danish journalists who published irreverent cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. One day after announcing charges in ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

The 'Mickey Mouse' mastermind: Canadian charged in plot against Danish newspaper

A former Pakistani cadet and medical student who got Canadian citizenship then settled in Chicago, Tahawar Hussain Rana was known as an immigration consultant and abattoir operator. Now he is accused of helping mastermind a terrorist plot that he and ...

From COLIN FREEZE AND TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Lashkar-e-Taiba,  Mike Bell,  Al-Qaeda,  Yahoo!

Canadian charged in assassination conspiracy

A Canadian citizen living in Chicago has been charged in an assassination conspiracy targeting employees at the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. Tahawar Hussein Rana, a 48-year-old Canadian citizen originally ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Patrick Fitzgerald,  Conrad Black,  David Coleman,  U.S. Department of Justice

Canadian charged in plot against Danish newspaper

A Canadian citizen living in Chicago has been charged in an assassination conspiracy targeting employees at the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. Tahawar Hussain Rana, a 48-year-old Canadian citizen originally ...

From COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Patrick Fitzgerald,  Irshad Manji,  Conrad Black,  David Coleman

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