Tories showing interest in Khadr case: documents

[CHIMO]

The Harper government has taken a keener interest in the Omar Khadr file than it publicly lets on, newly obtained documents indicate.

Records obtained under the Access to Information Act show federal officials sent at least five diplomatic notes to the United States about the Khadr case over a one-year period shortly after the Tories took office.

Officials also buttonholed a visiting U.S. diplomat to raise concerns in January 2007, expressed frustration at lack of access to court documents, and weighed the legal aspects of subjecting Khadr to judicial proceedings in Canada.

The Canadian Press obtained hundreds of pages of heavily censored records about the Khadr case from the Foreign Affairs Department. It took a complaint to the federal information commissioner to dislodge the files, initially requested in early May 2008.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/07/khadr-government-files.html
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | 6:39 PM ET