Man accused of terror ties accidentally handed classified CSIS documents...

[shockedcanadian]

Funny how a case changes shape when an accused actually gets to see (momentarily) the evidence against them:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/accused+terror+ties+a...


OTTAWA — Federal officials have won a court order to repossess classified national security documents they accidentally gave to a man accused of terrorist ties.

Chanthirakumar Sellathurai was inadvertently given three classified letters from the federal spy agency last August as part of the government's required disclosure of its deportation case against him over the belief he belonged to the outlawed Sri Lakan Tamil Tigers terror group.

The government went to court to get its secrets back and the Federal Court of Appeal has recently ordered them returned and replaced with redacted versions.

But the court sided with Sellathurai's demand he be allowed to contest those sanitized versions because they left a "distorted impression" of the case against him and harmed his lawyer's ability to defend him.

The issue now, is how do he and his lawyer fight what they say is the "overbroad" redaction of information that is once again an official secret?


Edited due to comment made about excessive paragraphs. I thought providing the source would be ample as it is widely available on the internet.