National Directorate of Security
Goodbye to the NDS?
An interesting exchange—and perhaps even a straight answer—from Question Period yesterday.
‘The likelihood was very high’
Stephane Dion, the Liberal MP on the ad hoc committee, offers his take on what he saw in the documents.
The Commons: Lawrence Cannon’s lips are sealed
Whether Canada has transferred children to Afghan authorities, the government won’t say
What we now know
Detainee transfers were halted in May 2009 after an Afghan intelligence officer bragged of torture. Two allegations of mistreatment from later that year have now come to light.
Take their word for it
Two new allegations of detainee abuse come to light in British court proceedings.
‘Further questioning’
In his letter to the Afghanistan committee late last week, Gen. Walter Natynczyk wrote that “Canadian Forces do not transfer individuals for the purposes of gathering information.” In a letter sent today, the NDP’s Paul Dewar and Jack Harris have asked Gen. Natynczyk to clarify this point.
The risk
CBC gets hold of a summer 2009 warning about Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security.
In between the redactions
Sifting through Thursday’s documents, the Canadian Press leads with the account of a soldier who claimed detainee had been executed by Afghan authorities—a claim the Defence Minister’s spokesman dismisses to the Globe—but there is more.
What might have been
Canadian Press delves into a proposed, but ultimately rejected, plan to put the Afghan army in charge of detainees.
‘The Canadians saw with their own eyes’
A former Afghan prison warden talks to Canwest.