We were disgusted and angered to see yet another attack on the reputation of Adil Charkaoui published in several media outlets last week.

Since his victory in the Supreme Court in February 2007, and since the Supreme Court agreed to hear a second challenge, this time aimed at the investigative practices of CSIS in security certificate cases, a steady stream of ‘revelations’ about Charkaoui has appeared in the media. Though not one of these has been backed up by proof, they have all tended to discredit Charkaoui, an eloquent and powerful defender of the rights of immigrants and of elementary justice in Canada.

Group no major threat

Ian MacLeod, The Ottawa Citizen, 7 March 2008

Canada's biggest case of alleged homegrown terrorism -- the "Toronto 18" -- is turning out to be little more than a bunch of "wannabe jihadists" who posed little real danger, says a national security adviser to the federal cabinet.

David Charters, an expert on modern warfare and terrorism, and a member of the Advisory Council on National Security to the Harper cabinet, says what initially appeared to be a frightening plot to bomb Toronto landmarks and storm Parliament by a group dubbed the "Toronto 18," appears to be something far less sinister.

Open letter published in Vancouver by a dozen community organizations

    by Sherene H. Razack, Professor, OISE, University of Toronto.
 
Abstract

    Canadian Arab Federation, March 2007

Canadian Arab Federation's advice for how to respond when the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) comes to call: When CSIS calls.