U.S. State Department

Good news, bad news, or no news? Here’s Andrew Leach on today’s headlines

Short version: It’s complicated

The pipeline was once expected to be operational as early as 2008

White House: Congressional deadline torpedoed State Dept. approval

The CBC catches up with a story Maclean’s broke more than a year and a half ago.

As the Star notes, the U.S. State Department has released its annual human rights reports for the countries of the world, including Afghanistan.

A collection of documents, testimony and news reports related to Richard Colvin and Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees. The Colvin encyclopedia is updated as events warrant.

In QP this morning, John Baird explained, in part, the government’s unwillingness to put its faith in Mr. Colvin’s testimony as follows.

In spring 2007, the Globe’s Graeme Smith conducted 30 interviews with detainees and documented various allegations of abuse after they were transferred from Canadian to Afghan authorities. Paul Koring subsequently reported that the Harper government was warned of mistreatment. Months later, Smith reported that Canada had lost track of at least 50 detainees due to poor record-keeping. In November of that year, Canada temporarily halted transfers.

An organization in Ottawa’s bad books wined and dined Canadian politicians