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The following is excerpted from The Star article U.S. officials accuse Tories of leaking Omar Khadr documents
OTTAWA—United States administration officials accuse the federal Conservative government of leaking classified documents about Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, saying they “are astonished” by the apparent breach.
Maclean’s magazine published a “world exclusive” story this week saying its writer viewed a complete transcript of a seven-hour interview between Khadr and Dr. Michael Welner, a forensic psychiatrist hired by the Pentagon’s prosecution team.
The full interview was provided in confidence to the government of Canada as it weighs Khadr’s request to transfer to a Canadian prison from Guantanamo Bay.
“Because of the importance of the relationship with Canada they got an un-redacted document that was secret and under court order,” a senior Obama administration official with knowledge of the case told the Toronto Star, on the condition of anonymity.
The official suggested it was a serious “breach of trust” that threatens to undermine U.S. confidence in Canada’s ability to maintain secrecy over confidential intelligence.
Further Reading
Omar Khadr, Oh Canada
Edited by Janice Williamson
In Omar Khadr, Oh Canada, over thirty contributors analyze Khadr's background, his incarceration, the actions of Canadian authorities, and the implications raised by his legal case. This multi-genre book includes essays, articles, poems, a play, extended excerpts from the documentary film You Don't Like the Truth, and other texts produced by distinguished contributors such as Sherene Razack, General Roméo Dallaire, Charles Foran, Kim Echlin, Judith Thompson, Audrey Macklin, Shadia Drury, George Elliott Clarke, Maher Arar, Rick Salutin, and Sheema Khan. While they sometimes disagree on issues such as radical Islam and Canadian multiculturalism, they all write from the conviction that Khadr's treatment has been – and continues to be – shamefully unjust and shaped by post 9/11 Islamophobia that continues to distort the views of many Canadians.
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