On Friday, 18 January, the Federal Court of Canada issued an important ruling in the Charkaoui case. Judge Simon Noel will allow Charkaoui to continue a cross-examination of two journalists who published information from a secret CSIS document that was leaked to them, apparently in an effort to attack Charkaoui's credibility during a sensitive time in his case and the campaign against security certificates. The Arar commission found that a similar tactic had been used by the RCMP against Maher Arar.

The Federal Court decision can be found here.

Background:

- on the criminal leak of information

- on the legal motion